Action research is a way to provide individuals with answers to problems that they may be facing in any place of work. It is used quite often in the education field where teachers and administrators face challenges on a daily basis. The idea of action research differs from the old ways of research. With action research you find specific solutions to your problems you are doing the research on. You are not wating for other people to tell you what your problem is and how to fix it. Action research is a hands on approach. The first step is to take a problem in your area that is of concern to you. Then you will design, develop, investigate, and research to find a solution that will help you solve the problem. Using this type of research will give you an answer to your problem that best fits you. You are not looking at data, or other peoples findings to try and fit their solutions to your problems. When I first saw that I would be doing research the old way of thinking immediatley came to mind. I had to find a topic, find resources for my topic, cite specific quotes from my resources, and finally write a paper. Doing that type of research just gives back information, it does not solve a problem. Action Research allows you to find real solutions to problems and offer ways fix them instead of just showing you how others might do it.
This blog will follow the path of my action research project and is named appropriately. There will be lots of trials and errors along the way, but for me the ideal of reasearch is a terror. So I figured I would combine the two and find a way to get through this project and actually make a difference. I will make errors but I will overcome the terror of having to do research.
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