You and your action research project pdf

Writing Up Your Action Research Project | Taylor & Francis Group

Action research is a philosophy and methodology of research generally applied in the social sciences. It seeks transformative change through the simultaneous process of taking action and doing research, which are linked together by critical reflection. Kurt Lewin , then a professor at MIT , first coined the term "action research" in In his paper "Action Research and Minority Problems" he described action research as "a comparative research on the conditions and effects of various forms of social action and research leading to social action" that uses "a spiral of steps, each of which is composed of a circle of planning, action and fact-finding about the result of the action". Action research practitioners reflect upon the consequences of their own questions, beliefs, assumptions, and practices with the goal of understanding, developing, and improving social practices. This person is seeking to be better understand the effects of their action in social settings and to engage in a process of living his or hers values. The second level is a collective process of understanding change in a classroom, [3] office, community, organization or institution.