000151278 001__ 151278 000151278 005__ 20250307114714.0 000151278 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1080/09650792.2020.1866631 000151278 0248_ $$2sideral$$a122516 000151278 037__ $$aART-2022-122516 000151278 041__ $$aeng 000151278 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-8733-1501$$aSáez Bondía, María José$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000151278 245__ $$aAction research in education: a set of case studies? 000151278 260__ $$c2022 000151278 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000151278 5203_ $$aThe present work provides a review of two widely used approaches in educational research: action research and case study. Action research aims to improve educational practice by means of reflective cycles and shows variants according to a predominant paradigm, from technical to critical visions. A case study, described as an umbrella term, focuses on understanding classroom situations in real contexts. Although it seems that the defining characteristics of the case study are common among different authors, there are numerous classifications, which sometimes overlap. Based on a review of the ideas forming the main cornerstones of these two research types, we have analysed their common points and differences and considered the methodological possibility of relating both approaches in educational research projects taking place in non-controllable situations. In the present work, two joint approaches are proposed: action research as collective case study and action research as a set of case studies. The possibilities and limitations of both methodological perspectives are also discussed. 000151278 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FEDER/S27-17R$$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/EDU2016-76743-P 000151278 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby-nc-nd$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ 000151278 592__ $$a0.638$$b2022 000151278 593__ $$aEducation$$c2022$$dQ2 000151278 594__ $$a3.0$$b2022 000151278 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion 000151278 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-7075-9683$$aCortés Gracia, Ángel Luis$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000151278 7102_ $$14013$$2205$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Didácticas Específicas$$cÁrea Didáctica Ciencias Exper. 000151278 773__ $$g30, 5 (2022), 850-864$$tEducational Action Research$$x0965-0792 000151278 8564_ $$s391290$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/151278/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yPostprint 000151278 8564_ $$s1487209$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/151278/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yPostprint 000151278 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:151278$$particulos$$pdriver 000151278 951__ $$a2025-03-07-09:31:12 000151278 980__ $$aARTICLE