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Action Research Design

Overview

Ethical Considerations

When To Use

Action Research is the most applied, practical design. It involves looking at a problem, and seeks to provide a solution.

Uses quantitative and/or qualitative research methods

* Always respect participants

* Involve participants in all phases of the

research

* Obtain consent

* Give participants the option to withdraw

from the study

  • An educator realizes that a specific issue needs to be solved
  • Educator wants to look at their practice and reflect
  • Educator seeks to addresses school wide problems

GOAL: Improve the

practices in education.

Development

STAGE 1: Identified a process to address issues in society

STAGE 2: Found a need to involve practitioners (teachers) in the solution to educational problems

STAGE 3: Groups assume responsibility for their own change (participatory)

Types

Scenarios:

How could you use action research for the following situations?

Steps

Characteristics

Practical Action Research

Disadvantage

Sometimes seen as an informal process of research

Benefits

Encourages change

Action Research Spiral

Empowers individuals

through collaboration on

projects

Promotes testing of

new ideas

Encourages Reflection

Narrows gap between

research and practice

Makes educators

continual learners

Step 1: Determine if Action Research Is

the Best Design to Use

Step 2: Identify a Problem to Study

Step 3: Locate Resources to Help

Address the Problem

Step 4: Identify Information You Will Need

Step 5: Implement the Data Collection Step 6: Analyze the Data

Step 7: Develop a Plan for Action

Step 8: Implement the Plan and Reflect

"Process of repeating and revising procedures and interpretations" (p. 584)

PURPOSE: When a teacher researches a problem in their own classroom, with the hope of improving learning for students and growing professionally

* Implements a small-scale project to address

problem

* Uses a systematic approach

* Teacher-researchers choose an area of focus,

determine data collection techniques, analyze and

interpret data and develop an action plan

* Teams may include: teachers, students,

counselors, and administration and can be

individual or team-based

Characteristics

  • Uses a process of inquiry
  • Teacher/educator is the researcher
  • Researcher self-reflects throughout
  • Often ask others to work in collaboration as co-participants
  • Uses a plan of action throughout
  • Base plan of action on knowledge about the research problem and share with others

Drawbacks

* Teachers often do not have the time to do their own research

* Teachers do not always know how to do proper research

Participatory Action Research (PAR)

PURPOSE: "To improve the quality of people's organizations, communities, and family lives" (p. 582)

* Aims for emancipation, liberation, or change within our system

* Promotes egalitarian and democratic aims

* Is collaborative (team) and participatory (looking at self)

* Often uses qualitative data collection

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