Application of action research methodology in the process of developing tools and solutions used in social practice in the field of the social exclusion phenomenan

This aim of this article is to present the research process using the action research method in the project titled “Development  of  the  empowerment  of  educators  and  beneficiaries  in  the  field  of  youth  at  risk  and  social exclusion” implemented within the Erasmus Plus programme in which the author of this article participated. The process of operationalisation of the social exclusion category and the characteristics of the methodology of action research were performed in this article. The project objectives were set out and the team appointed to carry out the research on the issue of the development of the empowerment of educators and beneficiaries working with adults at risk of social exclusion was described. The article subjects the research process implemented by the team of investigators to analysis and identifies the turning points in this process. Conclusions concerning the specificity and usefulness of action research in searching for social practice solutions in the field of social exclusion have also been provided on the basis of practical experience.