Dana pg. 6, summarizes action research as being intended to bring about change of some kind, usually focusing on a social justice theme. Dana pg. 5, in addition states that the practitioner inquiry movement focuses on the concerns of practitioners (not outside researchers) and engages themselves in the design, data collection, and interpretation of data around their question. Carr and Kemmis (1986) in addition described action research as possessing many benefits in the sense that theories and knowledge are generated from research grounded in the realities of educational practice. In essence, practitioners thereby also become collaborators by investigating first hand their own campus's and student population's issues afflicting at the time. Most importantly, practitioners play a part in the research process which allows themselves adjustment to any given circumstance the best way they see fit. Clearly one can depict the trend that is taking place in a learning and workplace environment that promotes and functions around action research. Its ability to provide a solution to issues arisen in an in-house setting are what makes this method so effective and less of a public relations outcry. As an administrator, I would apply the action based research approach to our campus's exceedingly high student truancy ratio and attempt in investigating the root of the problem the best way possible.
Works Cited:
Carr, W., & Kemmis, S. (1986) Becoming critical: Knowing through action research. Geelong: Australia: Deakin University Press
Dana, N. F. (2009). Leading With Passion and Knowledge: The Principal as Action Researcher. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
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