![]() ![]() Drawing on concepts of action research promoted by Stephen Kemmis and Batchelor Institute, the authors seek to renew the value and purpose of action research as underpinning the both-ways philosophy applied to early childhood education teaching, learning and research at the Institute. ![]() This has continued in some form despite the fact that many decisions affecting community life have been dominated by policies and programs which have originated from outside the communities concerned. The early childhood education pedagogy and curriculum at the Institute has been driven by community-based action research for over 30 years. In this chapter, the authors reflect on the contribution that action research has made to their teaching and research in the sphere of early childhood education at the Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education (BI). Action research has been adopted as an ethical and effective way of working with remote Indigenous communities in the Northern Territory (NT) of Australia because of its capacity to engage people in defining and addressing issues of local concern. ![]()
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