Supporting the Teaching of Action Research (STAR) is an Action Research Community (ARC) of the Action Research Network of the Americas (ARNA)
Margaret Riel I have been thinking about the collaborative aspects of action research. In an article in the STAR ARNA ARC - May 2019 Newsletter, I laid out two very different forms of collaborative action research. Collaboration with other action researchers This can be as a part of a larger project for example whole … Continue reading Meta-Level Action Research Strategies
In 1997 Susan Noffke noted there are three types of action researchers: professional, personal, and political. The ethics for each type differ: Action research done by professionals is intended to increase generalizable knowledge and comes under the purview of institutional review boards that are accountable under federal regulations. Personal action researchers conduct investigations in order … Continue reading Ethics for Action Researchers
Margaret Riel What can we measure? Action research is evidence-driven. For many who are new to action research, this invokes control groups, variables, and measurement tools like surveys and questionnaires. They assume that they will need to control variables, have a treatment and draw causal relationships between actions and outcomes.In action research, practitioners study the … Continue reading Non-traditional Data Collection in Action Research: Let’s get Creative!
Welcome to the STAR-ARNA-Action Research Community! We are adding this blog to our other resources, including our website, (STAR-ARNA-ARC.org) and newsletter to provide for more feedback among ARNA (Action Research Network of the Americas) members who teach action research. -- Our blog will present issues of importance in the practice of teaching and learning action … Continue reading New Action Research Community
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