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Effective Action Research in Education: A Comprehensive Guide

Explore the key features and benefits of Action Research, focusing on reflective practice, intentional intervention, and systematic monitoring for valid data generation. Learn how to put yourself at the center of research, interpret findings, and make your research public. Gain insights on participant selection, data triangulation, data collection methods, and tangible outcomes. Discover how to present your research and achieve credits on MA Education. Follow a timeline for project completion and engage in workshops for continuous learning.

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Effective Action Research in Education: A Comprehensive Guide

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  1. Planning Action Research

  2. The main features of Action Research • Being a ‘reflective practitioner’ • Informed action • Intentional intervention in order to learn as a practitioners or to improve learning • Putting the ‘I’ at the centre of the research • Systematic monitoring to generate valid data • Authentic descriptions of the action • Explaining / interpreting the action • Validating your research • Making your research public (presenting/writing up)

  3. Issues to consider: • Which participants? • Which data? (triangulation) • When and how will data be collected? • Having a ‘critical friend’ • Criteria for success?

  4. Possible data to collect • Focus group findings • Questionnaires • Observations • Written work from students • Diary • Course reviews • Video diaries? (for webpage) • Digital photos

  5. Tangible outcomes from Action Research at Farnborough • Final written report (3000-4000 words) for in–house journal and website • Ability to achieve credits on MA Education through Roehampton University link • Presenting to colleagues • Presenting to delegates from other colleges or agencies

  6. Timeline for projects • Ongoing literature search (see links and LRC resources) • May half-term data collection to be completed • Friday 6th June First draft to be completed (hardcopy) • Weds 18th June final draft to be completed (e-mail plus hardcopy) • Weds 25th June Action Research workshops

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