Editing Action research (section)

=== Paulo Freire's participatory action research ===
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Participatory action research builds on the [[critical pedagogy]] put forward by [[Paulo Freire]] as a response to the traditional formal models of education where the "teacher" stands at the front and "imparts" information to the "students" who are passive recipients. This was further developed in "adult education" models throughout Latin America.

[[Orlando Fals Borda|Orlando Fals-Borda]] (1925–2008), Colombian sociologist and political activist, was one of the principal promoters of participatory action research ([[:es:Investigación-acción|IAP]] in Spanish) in Latin America. He published a "double history of the coast", book that compares the official "history" and the non-official "story" of the north coast of Colombia.