Action research

Action research

1. Cycle of action research.

   • Planning
     • Intervention
       • The interventions must be cleared by how, when and where will take place.
     • Methods
       • A right planning starts by defining the method that best fits with the context and with the project.
     • Steps and lesson plan
       • It is important to create a: ‘to do’ list, in order to see what is at the start and at the end, also, the creation of a lesson plan will provide the goals and a step by step plan.
     • Learning materials.
       • In the field of research it is important to know the needs of the problem that you are research, for that reason the materials that you will apply will lead you to prove it he results of your research.
   • Act
     • You apply what you prepare.
       • The method is used in a face to face encounter with the class.
       • The pedagogical intervention is done by the use of the lesson plan prepared.
       • It is important because there we will obtain a result that will be taken in to account to create a conclusion.
   • Reflecting and planning action
     • For reflecting we have to take in to account the observation data, and answer:
       • What are students needs regarding the project?
       • Who this experience affected students and my own self?
       • What are my beliefs of teaching and who they affect the real context of my research?
   • Observing
     • Research instruments
       • They are used to collect information about the effect of your intervention
         • In classroom (During the intervention)
           • We can have field notes, observation notes, narrative notes, etc.,
         • Out of classroom (when the intervention has finished)
           • Interviews, focal groups, surveys, students products.
     • We observe the intervention to get a full data study of the case.
       • We use research instruments during the intervention to get all the information we need.
       • We categorize the observations (getting from the research instruments) and create small interpretations with the information

2. Types of research action.

   • Participatory action research
     • You involve the community when you want to make a change.
     • It uses a transformative approach, where the participants decide how do the want to work (they choose their own problem, data analysis and materials)
     • The researcher and the population works together.to develop the research
     • It is common used by teachers to improve a learning problem and it has some facets:
       • Delimiting the research topic and problem.
       • Collecting and analyzing data.
       • Identifying resources.
       • Planning actions
       • Reflecting upon effects of the actions.
   • Critical participatory action research
     • It is similar to participatory action research…
     • But it works as a more academically research project in which:
       • People choose their one keywords and their definition.
       • It wants to achieve a deeper understanding of cultural, historial, political, economical fields, with communities opinions.
       • It’s main purpose is to change the population problems and also researcher’s own practices

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