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Introducingactionresearch…
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b0Tehypothesisstage
Equippedwithallthenecessarybackgroundinformationandbeingable
topinpointtheteaching/learningdifcultytheywantedtoconfront,the
studentsfinallyformulatedeither:
•
theirresearchquestion/questions,or
•
aresearchhypothesis.
c0Teinterventionstage
Herethestudentswereprovidedwiththewholevarietyofresearch
toolsandmethodsfordatacollection,suchasobservationschemes,
questionnaires,interviews,diaries,casestudies,etc.;during:
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interactivesessionsinwhichthetheoreticalbackgroundwasillustrated
withnumerousexamplesofactionresearchprojectscarriedoutby
practisingteachersbymeansofvarioustools—theabovewerediscussed
andevaluatedbythestudents,
•
asessiononthemechanicsofwritingaresearchpaper.
Teinitiationstageoftheprojectwasthelongestsincethestudentshad
virtuallynoexperienceofdoingresearchandfeltfairlyinsecureboth
aboutdatacollection,analysisand(putingitonpaper’—justtoquoteone
ofthestudents.
d0Tepreliminaryinvestigationstage
Tepreliminaryinvestigationstagedidnotseemtobeanyeasierfor
thestudentsthanthepreviousone.Itfirstofallthroughtheinitial
brainstormingsessionfocusedonthemostpersistentorchallenging
problemsthestudent-teachersencounteredintheirclassroomswhich
eithertheywerenotabletocopewithorwereunawareofthepossible
variablesorfactorsthatańectedthem.Oncetheproblemsweredefined
andnarroweddown,thelearnersstartedinvestigatingthearea.During
theinterventionstagethelearnersproceededtothepracticalpartoftheir
researchwhichtookplaceintheirclassrooms.Insomecasestheydid
theirresearchindividually,intheothersincollaborationwiththeirpeers,
allthetimebeingmonitoredbytheircollegemethodologytutor.Inthe
courseoftheresearch,thestudentswouldmeeteitherindividuallywith
thetutororinwhole-groupsessionstosharetheirexperiences,doubts,
worriesandenthusiasm,whichwentonthroughouttheperiodofdoing
theproject.
e0Teevaluationstage
Withtimepassing,thestudentsbecamemoreandmoreinvolvedinthe
research,howevertheywereunfortunatelyworkingundertimepressure
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