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UNIT – II ACTION RESEARCH
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Meaning of Action Research
2.3 How Action Research differs?
2.3.1 Difference between action research and other researches 2.3.2 Difference between action research and everyday actions
2.4 Characteristics of the action research
2.5 Types of action research
2.6 Steps involved in action research
2.7 Benefits of action research
2.8 Summary
2.1 Introduction
Teachers often leave a mark on their students, but they seldom leave a mark on their profession
-Wolfe, 1989.
A teacher is an important person in the life of data students and can help them to become better human beings. Therefore, it becomes all the more important for him to keep
improving the teaching process and practices for the all round development of your students. There is one such tool in the hands of teachers about which we hear quite often
in education i.e. action research. Researchers have defined the term “action research” differently. In this unit, we will discuss the meaning of action research.
In order to understand the meaning of the action research, let us first understand, from where the term has originated. The history of the concept of action research can be traced
back to the early works of John Dewey in the 1920s but the idea of using research in a “natural” setting can be also linked to Kurt Lewin, a social psychologist in 1940s in the
United States. But the credit of using the action research in the education goes to Stephen Corey and others at Teachers College of Columbia University in 1949. Corey
observed ‘the need for teachers and researchers to work together improve the practices rather than reading about what someone else has discovered of his teaching’.
As a teacher of you think about your role in the classroom, you will find yourself as a knowledge disseminator, solving problems of your students and also providing your
students a better learning environment. But, what happens when you come across the problem of discipline in your class? Then, your role will change to an inquirer who is
capable to bring changes in the classroom environment leading to better learning. You can make changes in your classroom, if you use action research. Therefore, it is important
to you as a teacher to be familiar with these practices. In this unit, you will be familiarized with the concept of the action research and how to carry out action research
11 in your classrooms. But, before starting you must understand that this type of research is
not very rigorous or difficult and time consuming. Action research is an approach that can empower you to over come problems and innovative in tackling the problems of
access, enrolment, retention and learning among your students relating to your day to day classroom activities.
2.2 Meaning of Action Research
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