Introduction to Research
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What is Action Research?
The great educationalist Lawrence Stenhouse defined action research as ‘systematic enquiry, made public’, arguing that research enquiry aims to solve problems by achieving deeper understanding (Stenhouse 1980, p1).
Graham Handscomb of Essex County Council and John MacBeath, professor at Cambridge University propose that schools can become research-engaged by placing research activity‘ at the heart of the school, its outlook, systems and activity’ (Handscomb and MacBeath, 2003).
ALTERnative Thinking
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