scholarly journals The Key Role of the School Principal’s Leadership in the Schooling of Newly Arrived Immigrant Pupils in Sweden <br/>—Experiences from an Interactive Action Research Project

2016 ◽  
Vol 05 (01) ◽  
pp. 20-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pirjo Lahdenperä ◽  
Hans-Olof Gustavsson ◽  
Mats Lundgren ◽  
Ina von Schantz Lundgren
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Research Project

Actieonderzoek in leefstijlonderzoek is geen sinecure

KWALON ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Famke van Lieshout ◽  
Gaby Jacobs ◽  
Shaun Cardiff
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Clinical Practice Setting ◽  
Learning Together

Action research in lifestyle research is no sinecure. Response to Kromme et al.: ‘Changing together is learning together’, a participatory action research project This is a reply to the contribution entitled: ‘Learning together is changing together: A participatory action research project on the role of the internist in promoting a healthy lifestyle’. Here the authors highlight the complexity of facilitating participatory action research (PAR) in a clinical practice setting and reflect on the first three stages of their research through eight principles that could guide PAR, as described by Van Lieshout et al. (2017). As we developed these principles, we explain the principles of participation, reflexivity, contextuality and transformation in greater detail in relation to the context of this study. The authors made suggestions to change the five-phased model of PAR to get a better grip on the process. The authors rightly highlighted some limitations in the labeling of some phases. However, it is the reflexivity on the multiple perspectives that facilitators encounter and the relationships they engage with during the process, as well as acknowledging the iterative process of PAR, which needs to be embraced and experienced during the entire process of study.

scholarly journals A Reflexive Eye on a Collaborative Action Research Project in School

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kitt Lyngsnes
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Collaborative Action ◽  
Teacher Researcher ◽  
Teachers Professional Development ◽  
Reflexive Analysis

This article presents a reflexive analysis of a collaborative action research project based on the “Nordic tradition” of action research. In this project I, in the role of researcher, worked with a team of four teachers in a Norwegian primary/lower secondary school to develop teaching practice focused on students’ learning. I have retrospectively analysed data from my research diary, meetings and interviews. The article describes how the collaboration and the relationship between the teacher team and the researcher developed, and how this process contributed to the teachers’ professional development. The results shed light on the complexity of teacher- researcher- relationships, and demonstrate the importance of engaging in reflexivity in collaborative action research.

scholarly journals The role of community-based organizations in school-based violence prevention programming: An action research project

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1238609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Claussen ◽  
Lana Wells ◽  
Deinera Exner-Cortens ◽  
Rida Abboud ◽  
Alina Turner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Violence Prevention ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Prevention Programming ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
School Based

scholarly journals Interaction and conflict between outreach workers and research officers in implementing collaborative action research in the field of harm reduction: a qualitative study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolas Khatmi ◽  
David Michels ◽  
Daniela Rojas Castro ◽  
Perrine Roux
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Harm Reduction ◽  
Practical Knowledge ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
Outreach Worker ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Outreach Workers

Abstract Background The effectiveness of collaborative approaches in health interventions is underlined in the literature. Given the serious challenges to adequately managing the HCV epidemic in people who inject drugs (PWID), and the need to improve existing harm reduction (HR) interventions in this population, it seems important to investigate how collaboration between stakeholders is ensured in action research interventions. The present study aimed to explore interactions between outreach workers and research officers collaborating in the implementation of an action research project for PWID entitled OUTSIDER. Methods Using three focus groups, we studied the views of 24 outreach workers involved in the implementation and evaluation of a harm reduction educational intervention to help PWID inject more safely in off-site settings. Results The analysis of participants’ discourses highlighted the mixed perceptions they had about OUTSIDER. Several limitations to collaboration emerged. Epistemological (theoretical vs. practical knowledge), methodological (science vs. intervention), axiological (standardised vs. adapted approach), and material (mobilised vs. available resources) issues all placed a burden on the outreach worker–research officer relationship. Outreach workers’ acceptance of the project’s intervention dimension but rejection of its scientific dimension highlights a lack of contractualisation between the stakeholders involved, and a more general problematisation of the role of outreach workers in implementing action research in HR. How collaboration was perceived and practised by outreach workers participating in OUTSIDER can be considered a reflection of the current challenges to implementing action research in HR. Conclusion This study of the interaction between the research and implementation dimensions of an action research project explored the tensions between different intervention stakeholders that must work together. Equitable participation and integration of the expertise, practices, and knowledge of all stakeholders involved is essential for successful action research. Given current HCV epidemiological challenges, new forms of cooperation are needed when developing healthcare services and when strengthening collaborative approaches.

scholarly journals Illustrating the Intercultural in Portuguese Secondary School Foreign Language (FL) Classrooms

e-TEALS ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-69
Author(s):  
Carla Ulisses ◽  
Nic Hurst
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Cultural Awareness ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Cultural Mediator ◽  
The University

Abstract This article reports on a small-scale action research project developed in the context of the practicum of a Teacher Education Masters course at the Faculty of Letters, the University of Porto. The project was focussed on the importance of visual stimuli in the foreign language teaching classroom (English and Spanish), within the context of an intercultural approach. Different strategies, activities and materials were employed with the general aim of helping the learners to develop their critical cultural awareness. The learners played a central role, participating actively, by bringing into the classroom their own knowledge of the world. Simultaneously, the role of the teacher was not without importance in this action research project, presenting herself as an example of a cultural mediator.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF ENGINEERING TEACHING AND LEARNING FELLOWS IN THE TRANSFORMATION PROCESS OF ECE COURSES

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deena Salem ◽  
Brian Frank
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Transformation Process ◽  
Computer Engineering ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Work In Progress

Abstract –This paper presents work in progress of a participatory action research project of transforming some Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) courses with the help of Engineering Teaching and Learning Fellows (ETLF). The objective of this paper is to highlight the effectiveness of incorporating an ETLF, with expertise in both the engineering and education fields, in the process, and their accountability throughout the three phases: pre-transformation, transformation and post-transformation.  

scholarly journals Clinical Nurse Leaders Within a New Zealand Setting: the Culture of Business and the Profession of Nursing

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Suzanne Mary Frances Gardner
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Leadership And Management ◽  
Clinical Nurse ◽  
Care Plans ◽  
Starting Point

<p>This thesis reports on an action research project undertaken to explore the role of the Clinical Nurse leader (CNL) in a District Health Board (DHB) in New Zealand. The CNL role has evolved against a backdrop of significant reforms that took place in the country in the 1990s. These reforms altered how public health services were funded, organised and delivered. Nursing leadership positions at both executive and clinical level were challenged in the reforms, as health services were expected to function using a market model. Not surprisingly, this clashed with the humanism of nursing. The action research project involved seven CNLs researching with the principal investigator to explore the role and establish how support afforded the role could be further improved. The research had two phases: Phase One involved each CNL being interviewed one-on-one and Phase Two involved a series of 10 action research meetings and related activities. The findings of the interviews consisted of 24 themes that related to the role of the CNL, the attributes of the CNL, the skills and knowledge requirements of the CNL, and the experience of being a CNL. These themes were presented by the principal researcher at the second action research meeting as the starting point for the group to decide its agenda. After three meetings, the group chose to focus on two themes: the conflict experienced between the leadership and management aspects of the role; and professional development afforded the role. The group identified what was important, agreeing the role was one of leadership and management as well as patient care. Plans for role development for themselves and for the advancement of new CNLs were also created. The project provides an important contribution to our understanding of the work of the CNL. Not only did it produce outcomes related to role, support and scope but it also shed light on the importance of the relationship between the role and its context of the DHB. The culture of business and the profession of nursing and a shared understanding of responsibilities as a way forward were recommended.</p>

scholarly journals The role of vowel length in comprehension during cross-cultural communication: An action research project

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1135-1145
Author(s):  
Gareth Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Vowel Length ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Cross Cultural Communication ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Experimental Group

The paper describes the process and outcomes of an action research project with the aim of determining whether focusing classroom input on vowel length has a positive effect on the production and comprehension of these sounds. The statistics were generated from respondents listening to the output of speakers from an experimental group, who had received instruction on this issue, and to the output of speakers from a control group, who had not been provided with any input, with the rate of intelligibility being compared. The conclusion drawn is t

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