Practitioners, Higher Education and Government Initiatives in the Development of Action Research: The Case of Austria

Austria has seen an amazing growth of interest in action research during the last decade. Comparatively few years have brought about a surprisingly wide range of publications, inservice courses, research and development projects in Austria. To develop a more thorough understanding of the origins, development conditions and present problems of this action research movement, a small study was conducted in 1995 which comprised of literature research and of a postal survey.