摘要: Some of the academic debates pertaining to action research have been identified and specified in this paper. These traced through history development alternative (action-oriented) thinking a number areas, namely, study human relations, social organizational studies, educational change, policy psychology, geography, physics. A prevailing approaches what is generally referred as described variety application domains identify present home current well participants these debates. This excursion has yielded insights problems that constitute core research. proposed solutions available critically examined. open issues identified. speculative section relates possible futures ways dealing with issues.