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DR. EMERSON B. CUZZAMU
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
TARLAC AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
Jack Whitehead, Action Research,
Principles and Practice, McNiff, 1988, ix
Practical Participatory
Develop an
Collect Data
Action Plan
Analyze and
Interpret Data
DR. EMERSON B. CUZZAMU
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
TARLAC AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
Participatory action research
• Participatory: people conduct studies on
themselves
• Practical and collaborative
• Emancipatory (Challenges procedures)
• Helps individuals free themselves from
constraints found in media, language, work
procedures, and power relationships
• Reflexive focused on bringing about change in
practices
Collaborative
Team
Staff Parents
Administrators
DR. EMERSON B. CUZZAMU
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
TARLAC AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
A dynamic process
• Dynamic process of spiraling back and
forth among reflection, data collection,
and action
• Does not follow a linear pattern
• Does not follow a causal sequence from
problem to action
1. Don't Give Up
2. Enlist the Help of Colleagues
3. Keep a Positive Attitude
4. Be Prepared to Compromise
5. Be Generous
6. Go Public
7. Join a Local Action Research Group
8. Establish a Reputation for Success
9. Publish Reports in Journals
10. Have Faith in Your Own Knowledge.
Act Study
•Reinforce – review what has been •Provide frequent assessments
taught •Collect data to identify mastery
•Refocus (Development) -remediate and/or non-mastery
during school hours for non- •Assessments should “look and feel”
mastery students like accountability tests.
•Refocus (Enrichment)- mastery •Teachers should meet to review
students receive advanced or scores and share improvement ideas.
challenging work DR. EMERSON B. CUZZAMU
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
TARLAC AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY
A Comparison of Traditional Research and
Action Research
Traditional Research
Action Research
• Conducted by teachers and
• Conducted by university professors,
principals on children in their care
scholars, and graduate students on
experimental and control groups
• In environments where variables • In schools and classrooms
can be controlled
• Using qualitative methods to • Using qualitative methods to
describe what is happening and describe what is happening and
understand the effects of some understand the effects of some
educational educational intervention
• To report and publish conclusions
• To take action and effect positive
that can be generalized to larger
educational change in the specific
populations
school environment that was
studied