THE MOVEMENT OF ACTION RESEARCH IN EDUCATION

(Sharing problems, goals, and respect for teachers and students)

Abstract

Action research is concerned with diagnosing a problem in a specific context and attempting to solve it in that context: it is usually (though not inevitably collaborative -  team of researcher and practitioners of work together on a project; it is participatory team members themselves take part directly or indirectly in implementing the research and it is self evaluative – modifications are continuously evaluated within the ongoing situation, the ultimate objective being to improve practice in some way or others.