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Action research is a participatory, problem-solving approach where practitioners intervene in real-world issues, reflecting, planning, and implementing solutions to improve practice. This method builds on professional development and encourages continuous reflection. It is a collaborative, in-situ process that involves an ongoing cycle of diagnosis and evaluation.
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ACTION RESEARCH • Action research is a small-scale intervention in the functioning of the real world to address practitioners’ own issues, and a close examination of the effects of such an intervention.
Elements of Action Research • It works on participants’ own problems; • It seeks to improve practice; • It is collaborative and participatory; • It is problem-solving; • It is undertaken in situ; • It is an ongoing cycle of diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation; • It is methodologically eclectic; • It requires reflection; • It builds on professional development.