Action Research
5 STEPS (CYCLE)
Plan
Act
Observe
Reflect
Revise
PERSONAL INQUIRY
Kurt Lewin
BENEFITS
Lauren Stenhouse
set up Action Research Network
Research own practice
Coined the phrase 'Action Research', 1940's
Form of inquiry
Reflect systematically on practice
Bring about improvement
Contribute to new knowledge
Collaborative
Students
Friends
Other stakeholders
FOCUS
Change
Improvement
Drive
Exploring professional values
ETHICS
Informed Consent
Respect and protection of human rights
Anonymity and confisentiality
RESEARCH TYPES
Qualitative
Quantitative
Basic
Applied
Control
Operational definition
Replication
Hypothesis testing
Holistic inquiry
Humans = primary data gathering instrument
Purposive
Inductive data analysis
Grounded theory
Emergent design
Interpretations of participants
Acknowledgement
Intuition
subjectivity
personal knowledge
Eisner
Architects of own education
Continual re-invention
3 fold effect
Benefits teachers
Benefits students
Benefits the wider community
Improve pedagogy
Helps develop reflective practice
Spiral process