What is Action Research?Apart from being something that we should be engaging in every day in our practice as professional teachers and educators.....
Carr and Kemmis (1986:162) define it as "..a form of self-reflective enquiry undertaken by particpants in social situations in order to improve the rationality and justice of their own practice, their understandings of these practices, and situations in which the practices are carried out".
Action research involves a cycle of action and reflection, to improve social practice, teaching being an example of social activity. Many of us are familiar with Kolb's learning cycle from practice any way. So, I see action research as an extension of this.
The easiest place to get started with finding out more about Action Research is the Internet. Books are often difficult to come by. By checking out what universities and organisations post, you can get a pretty good idea about how to proceed.
Below is a list of websites/resources that you might find helpful.
http://www.edu.plymouth.ac.uk/RESINED/actionresearch/arhome.htm
http://celt.ust.hk/ideas/ar/resources.html
http://www.alliance.brown.edu/pubs/themes_ed/act_research.pdf
http://celt.ust.hk/ideas/ar/resources.html
http://www.alliance.brown.edu/pubs/themes_ed/act_research.pdf
http://www.newhorizons.org/strategies/action_research/front_action.htm
http://www.web.net/~robrien/papers/arfinal.html
http://celt.ust.hk/ideas/ar/resources.html
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