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Action Research

Action research is an iterative process that involves practitioners studying their own environment and problems in order to guide and improve their decisions and actions. It traces back to the early 20th century work of John Dewey and Kurt Lewin. Action research encourages teachers to collaborate to examine their assumptions and beliefs in order to reform educational practices. The process generally involves planning, taking action, observing outcomes, reflecting on results, and revising plans in continuous cycles. Collaboration is seen as an advantage, allowing teachers to share problems and work as a research community.

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Action Research

Action research is an iterative process that involves practitioners studying their own environment and problems in order to guide and improve their decisions and actions. It traces back to the early 20th century work of John Dewey and Kurt Lewin. Action research encourages teachers to collaborate to examine their assumptions and beliefs in order to reform educational practices. The process generally involves planning, taking action, observing outcomes, reflecting on results, and revising plans in continuous cycles. Collaboration is seen as an advantage, allowing teachers to share problems and work as a research community.

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ACTION RESEARCH

ALFREDO B. FUENTES JR. Ed.D.


Faculty, College of Education and College of Graduate Studies
Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University
Agoo, La Union
Action Research: The Future of Your
Classroom is in Your Hands!

Source: McCabe, K. C., (2007). Professional Development Module on Action Research


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Definitions of Action Research

 Action Research…
 is a three-step spiral process of (1) planning which
involves reconnaissance; (2) taking actions; and (3)
fact-finding about the results of the action. Kurt Lewin,
1947. (Miller, n.d.)
 is the process by which practitioners attempt to study
their problems scientifically in order to guide, correct,
and evaluate their decisions and actions. Stephen
Covey, 1953. (Miller, n.d.)

Source: McCabe, K. C., (2007). Professional Development Module on Action Research


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WHAT?
Action Research History
•Traced back to the early works of John Dewey in the
1920s and Kurt Lewin in the 1940s,
•Stephen Covey and others at Teachers College of
Columbia University introduced the term action
research to the educational community in 1949.
•Covey (1953) defined action research as the process
through which practitioners study their own practice to
solve their personal practical problems.
Action Research
Philosophy
• Teacher-as-researcher
• educational reform
• encourages teachers to be collaborators in revising
curriculum
• improving their work environment, professionalizing
teaching, developing policy
• can be used as an evaluative tool

Teacher research has its roots in action research.


In summary, action research is
 An iterative process that…
 involves the practitioners in the study of their
environment;
 allows teachers to study problems, issues
and/or challenges which are of interest to
them;
 leads to some action, a better way to
produce results; and

Source: McCabe, K. C., (2007). Professional Development Module on Action Research


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Collaboration
Students
Community
Teachers Stakeholders

Collaborative
Team

Parents
Staff

Administrators
Advantages of Collaborative AR
Burns (1999) identifies two advantages.
(1) “Collaborative action research processes
strengthen the opportunities for the results of
research on practice to be fed back into
educational systems in a more substantial and
critical way” (p. 13).
Advantages of Collaborative AR
(2) “They have the advantage of encouraging
teachers to share common problems and to
work cooperatively as a research community to
examine their existing assumptions, values and
beliefs” (p. 13).
The Research Community
Reflection Moment

What squares with my thinking?

Three points to remember.


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Source: McCabe, K. C., (2007). Professional Development Module on Action Research


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Steps in the Process – An Overview
 Models vary on number of steps
 All are iterative
 All contain
 Reflection (questioning)
 Data
 Analysis
 Action

Source: McCabe, K. C., (2007). Professional Development Module on Action Research


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1.

1. Plan
4.
2. Action
CYCLE 1
2. 3. Observe
4. Reflect
3.
5. Revise Plan
5.
6. Action
7. Observe
8.
CYCLE 2 8. Reflect
6.

7.
Adapted from Kemmis & McTaggert, 1990
DESIGNING

TAKING ACT COLLECTING


REFLECT
ACTION DATA

COLLECT

COMMUNICATING ANALYZING
OUTCOMES DATA
Adapted from Stringer, 2004
Social Emergent Action Research Cycle

12. Re-cycle 1. Orientation


11. Program Evaluation 2. Contract –
Compact for Learning
10. Implementation
3. Reconnaissance
9. Program Design
4. Problem and
Opportunity
8. Test Results Identification
Analysis
5. Aspirations
7. Experiment
6. Analysis for Strategic
Action Options
from homepages.wmich.edu/~eaustin/PE/session7.ppt
Reflection Moment

What squares with my thinking?

Three points to remember.


3 2

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