Analysing action research

Analysing action research

1. Introduction

   • Creation of data: yes
   • Interpretation of data: no
   • The idea is achieve a equilibrium individual and collective professional
   • This chapter shows how Teachers should handle the data collected
   • This chapter presents strategies and thechniques to analysing data

2. What is data analysing?

   • Planning and acting systematic
   • Observing and reflecting
   • Statements are produced based on patterns from the data
   • Describing: What
     • Show
   • Explaning: Why
     • Explanations, developing more explicit theories about practice
   • Analysing data Interpreting Developing theories
   • Informed applications of classroom practice into play
   • It is a self reflective process

3. When should data be analysed?

   • Collecting data and analysis process are dynamic,fluid and integral.
   • Reflexivity
     • Interrelated and recycle into each other
       • Collection,action and analysis
         • Data collection give us Hypotheses
       • Data collecting,hypothesising,retesting hypotheses,reinterpreting and acting.
   • Time to collect data depends on nature and purpose of the research
   • Those are techniques to data analysis: identifying patterns,categories or themes and making connections

4. Processes of analysis

   • It occurs over entire investigation
     • Data provides the evidence for the statements
   • Stage 1.Assembling the data. Rereading,compared and contrasted
   • Stage 2. Coding the data. Identify data
   • Stage 3. Comparing the data. Describe and display the data
   • Stage 4. Building interpretations. pose questions,rethink the connections, develop explanations, and discussing data patterns with the research group
   • Stage 5. Reporting the outcomes major process of the research, otcomes should be supported with examples from the data.

5. Validity and action research

   • Criterion for evaluating
     • Rigour and credibility
   • Internal -External
     • validity criteria
       • Democratic validity
       • Outcome validity
       • Process validity
       • Catalytic validity
       • Dialogic validity