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