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Professor David Coghlan explains action research as an approach that crosses many academic disciplines yet has a shared focus on taking action to address a problem. He describes the difference between this approach and empirical scientific approaches, particularly highlighting the challenge of getting action research to be taken seriously by academic journals.
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Chapter 1: How Would You Define Action Research? How Would You Explain it to Your Students?
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Chapter 2: Why is Learning About Research Methods Important? Why is it Interesting?
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Chapter 3: How Would You Describe the Value of Learning About Action Research to a Student or Early Career Researcher?
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Chapter 4: What Kind of Research Questions Can Action Research Help You to Answer?
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Chapter 5: What do You See as the Key Strengths of Action Research?
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Chapter 6: What do You See as the Limitations or Issues Researchers Should be Cautious of When Doing Action Research?
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Chapter 7: What Are the Common Criticisms of Action Research? How Would You Respond to Those Criticisms?
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Chapter 8: Who Would You Consider to be Key Thinkers in the Field? Which Thinkers Should Interested Students be Familiar With?
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Chapter 9: How Has the Field of Action Research Changed Over Time, and What Developments Have Most Influenced You?
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Chapter 10: Can You Give an Example of Your Own Action Research of Which You Are Most Proud?
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Chapter 11: What Recent Piece of Action Research Has Had an Impact on You and Why?
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Chapter 12: What Does Being an Ethical Researcher Mean to You? Why Are Ethics Important?
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Chapter 13: What Common Mistakes Are Made by New Researchers When Doing Action Research for the First Time? How Might They be Avoided?
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Chapter 14: What New Research Directions Do You Find Most Exciting? Where Would You Like to Take Your Own Research?
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