Action Research 3519

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What isAction Research?


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Dr. Greg Waddell

Director of Institutional Improvement

Mid-South Christian College


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According to the experts . . .

it is . . .


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a cycle


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a cycle

of posing questions,


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a cycle


gathering data,


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a cycle


gathering data,

reflection,


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a cycle


gathering data,

reflection,

& deciding on a courseof action.Eileen Ferrance, "Action Research," Providence, RI: The EducationAlliance, 2000, available from

www.alliance.brown.edu/pubs/themes_ed/act_research.pdf


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Kurt Lewin described it as a process of ...

Planning

Kurt Lewin, "Action Research & Minority Problems," Journal of SocialIssues2, no. 4 (1946): 34-46.


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Planning

Action,



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Planning

Action,

and Searching



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Learning Point Associates

(http://www.learningpt.org/)

define it as . . .


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Inquiry orresearch in the

context of focused efforts toimprove the quality of an

organization and its

performance.


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It is a cyclical process


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You start out with a problem.

Problem

P

d l l


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You design a potential solution.

Problem

DesignD

P

Y k i l i


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You take action on your solution.

Problem

DesignD A

Action

P

Y fl t th lt


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You reflect on the results.

Problem

DesignD A

Action

ReflectionPR

Y t th l i


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You capture the learning.

Problem

DesignD A

Action

ReflectionPR

CaptureC

Th t th


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Then, you repeat the process.

ProblemD A

DesignP

D AAction

ReflectionPR

CaptureRC

C

A i d i


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Again and again P

D AP Problem

D ADesign

PD A

Action

ReflectionPR

CaptureRC

R

C

C


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First,

you need

a goodproblem


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A Good Problem is ...

important


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complex


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multi-functional


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A Good Problem ...

asks difficult questions


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A Good Problem ...

demands action


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A Good Problem ...

resists structure


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A Good Problem . . .

leads to


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A Good Problem . . .

leads tosurprises


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Action Researchrequires that we

REFRAME

the problem


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by looking atit in different

contexts


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from different

perspectives


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as a part of

a largersystem

by making


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y g

comparisons


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by applyingthe problemto different

groups


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As You Implement the Plan . . .

Control the progress


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Collect the data (evidence)


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Collect the data (evidence)Present periodic reports

A th ti l l t f


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Another essential element of

Action Research is . . .


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A cycle of action and

reflection is the heart ofaction learning.

Tom Bourner, Alan Cooper and Linda France, "Action Learning Across a University

Community," Innovations in Education & Training International37, no. 1 (2000): 2-9.

available from Academic Search Premier, EBSCOhost (accessed December 20,2006).


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Reflection is . . .A process of entering intodialogue based on the datacollected and [being] guided by a

systemic framework to discoverthe root causes of the

organization's problems.

Michael Beer, Russell A. Eisenstat and Burt Spector, "Why Change Programs Don'tProduce Change," Harvard Business Review, November-December, 1990, 158-66;

available from EBSCOhost.


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What did we intend to do?

These questions are used by the U.S. Army for their After-Action

Reviews. Garvin, 2000, p. 107.


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What actually happened?


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Why did this happen?


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What are we going to do

the next time?

L tl d t t


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Lastly, we need to capture

the learning


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Information mustbe captured and

then made

institutional--


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then made

institutional--


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then made

institutional--

a process that

involves recording

and storing the

learning in a way that

is accessible toothers.

In a nutshell


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In a nutshell . . .

Action Research

seeks to accomplishtwo goals:

In a nutshell


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In a nutshell . . .

Action Research


1. Stimulate Learning and

In a nutshell


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In a nutshell . . .

Action Research


1. Stimulate Learning and

2.Make a Difference.

For more information contact


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For more information contact

me at . . .

[email protected]

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