151278 20251017144611.0 doi 10.1080/09650792.2020.1866631 sideral 122516 ART-2022-122516 eng Sáez Bondía, María José Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-8733-1501 Action research in education: a set of case studies? 2022 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted The 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. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FEDER/S27-17R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MINECO/EDU2016-76743-P info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc-nd https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es 0.638 2022 Education 2022 Q2 3.0 2022 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Cortés Gracia, Ángel Luis Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-7075-9683 4013 205 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Didácticas Específicas Área Didáctica Ciencias Exper. 30, 5 (2022), 850-864 Educational Action Research 0965-0792 391290 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/151278/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 1487209 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/151278/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:151278 articulos driver 2025-10-17-14:17:14 ARTICLE