Title: Action Research diagrams

Category: Research techniques

Subject: Any
CONTEXT
Action research can be used as a tool to collect data for project or dissertation work.
Here are two diagrams which help to explain the process. These can be adapted to
use in a research methods type class.
THE ACTION RESEARCH CYCLE
There are four basic steps in the action research cycle:!lan" act" obser#e$collect"
reflect$re#iew.
Action %esearch is a form of
in&uiry conducted by researchers
who wish to inform and impro#e:
Their practice.
Their understanding and
decisionmaking in their
practice.
The effect of their practice
on the research.
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These steps are repeated in se&uence as work progresses" creating an upward spiral
of impro#ing practice.
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