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100 Questions (and Answers) About Action Research identifies and answers the essential questions on the process of systematically approaching your practice from an inquiry-oriented perspective, with a focus on improving that practice. This unique text offers progressive instructors an alternative to the research status quo and serves as a reference for readers to improve their practice as advocates for those they serve. The Question and Answer format makes this an ideal supplementary text for traditional research methods courses, and also a helpful guide for practitioners in education, social work, criminal justice, health, business, and other applied disciplines.
Why Is Knowing Yourself Important While Doing Action Research?
Why Is Knowing Yourself Important While Doing Action Research?
You come to your graduate program or workplace with preconceptions about how the world works and your place in it. So, it’s critical to understand facts and ideas in the context of a conceptual framework and organize knowledge in ways that facilitate retrieval and action. Self-reflection in action research can help you learn to take control of your own learning.
Action research settings are complicated, and engaging in action research happens within a shared environment. Cognitive anthropologists Jean Lave and Etienne Wenger (1991) refer to this as a community of practice, where people come together with common interests and goals to improve their situation. However, the notion of “common” is up to the individual and can ...
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