ACTION RESEARCH

ACTION RESEARCH

1. Conducts research and acts at the same time. It was established in 1944 by MIT professor Kurt Lewin.A

2. Types of action research

   • Participatory action research: emphasizes that participants should be members of the community being studied.
     • Example: action research for study how could establish tourism nature in the four islands of Windward Caribbean: Santa Lucia, Grenada, Dominica and San Vincent.
   • Practical action research: focuses more on how research is conducted and is designed to address and solve specific issues.
     • Education: - Efficacy of technology in enhancing student learning outcomes.

3. ACTION RESEARCH MODELS

   • Operational Action Research
     • Characterized by its practical and action-oriented approach, it involves relevant actors.
   • Collaborating Action Research
     • It highlights active participation and collaboration between all those involved.
   • Critical Reflection
     • It involves examining our own experiences, beliefs, and assumptions.

4. Action Research Purpose

   • Solve immediate problems.
   • Improve existing systems

5. Advantages in action Research

   • highly adaptable.
   • Immediate and actionable path.
   • Can be very empowering

6. Disadvantages of action research

   • Are plagued by very limited generalizability and are very difficulty to replicate
   • Complicated to structure in an ethical manner
   • High risk for research biases

7. Action Research in Education

   • it is a form of systematic inquiry because it priorizes reflection and bridges the gap between theory and practice

8. A cicle of inquiry

   • It is usually visualized in a spiral shape following a series of steps, such as “planning → acting → observing → reflecting.”

9. Action Research is conducted in order to solve a aparticular issue immediately while case studies are often takes longer