scholarly journals Exploring Action Research from a Social Field Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-117
Author(s):  
Eva Pomeroy ◽  
Lukas Herrmann ◽  
Sebastian Jung ◽  
Els Laenens ◽  
Laura Pastorini ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Global Change ◽  
Discovery Process ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Research Framework ◽  
Systematic Inquiry ◽  
Third Person ◽  
Applicable Knowledge ◽  
Field Perspective ◽  
Epistemological Framework

In this piece we share our discovery process as action researchers in an online, global change initiative that emerged during the first lockdown of the Covid-19 pandemic, 2020. In the spirit of sharing our work "in the making" we aim to make visible our own reflection process and the questions that surface from it. In particular, we share and explore our realization that in order to fully serve the transformational intention of the initiative and the research itself, we needed to expand our research framework mid-process. The framework that best serves the emergent and transformative nature of the initiative is one that both supports awareness-based action and generates widely applicable knowledge; that integrates a variety of perspectives on social phenomena (first-, second-, and third-person); and that aims to bring systematic inquiry both to the observable phenomena and the deeper underlying dimensions. The approach requires us to make visible our assumptions and to integrate and validate different epistemologies, including relational, intuitive and aesthetic knowing. As such, the approach to research we suggest here can be thought of as an epistemological framework itself.

Improving Implementation Methods Subjects Study Group At Ips At Class Vi Sdn 03 Padang District Of Lengayang Marapalam Academic Year 2015/2016

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-128
Author(s):  
Lisdaini Lisdaini
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Social Studies ◽  
Action Observation ◽  
Sixth Grade ◽  
Class Action ◽  
Exact Science ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Self Reflection ◽  
The Past ◽  
Academic Year

Function lessons Social Science (IPS) Elementary School is to develop a rational attitude about social phenomena as well as an insight into the development of Indonesian society and mas world in the past and the present. While the purpose of social studies in primary school is to take the knowledge and basic skills that are useful for students in daily life and be able to develop an understanding of the development of Indonesian society since the past until the present. In the evaluation, the teaching of social studies for students of SD Negeri 03 Padang District of Lengayang Marapalam Academic Year 2015/2016 industrious and keen to learn, they will be easier to work on and solve the problems it faces, and they will be fond of social studies for social studies is not an exact lesson or an exact science that requires a definite answer. This study is an action research (PTK) using the model Kemmis and MC. Taggart (1988). Kemmis develop a model which would exist sarkan spiral of self-reflection system starts with a plan, action, observation and reflection, for re-planning is the basis for a square - square troubleshooting. Student achievement SD Negeri 03 Padang District of Lengayang Marapalam Academic Year 2015/2016 class VI is still not satisfactory. This research is a class action ( classroom action research ). In the initial condition (prasiklus) achievement of sixth grade social studies on the competence of the formation of market prices are still low. Of the 22 students who score less than KKM 14 students (53.57%), within the limits of KKM there are five students (25%) and exceeded the limits of existing KKM 3 students (21, 43%) with an average grade 66.75.  

Empowering nurses through action research for developing a new nursing handover program in a pediatric ward in Iran

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 214-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raheleh S Sarvestani ◽  
Marzieh Moattari ◽  
Alireza N Nasrabadi ◽  
Marzieh Momennasab ◽  
Shahrzad Yektatalab ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Patient Information ◽  
Real World ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Action Plans ◽  
Head Nurse ◽  
Academic Researchers ◽  
Applicable Knowledge

This study aimed at developing a new nursing handover program in pediatric wards in Iran through action research. Nursing handover is the handover of patient information among nurses between shifts. The participants, including 12 nurses, 2 assistants, a head nurse, and academic researchers as facilitators, worked through two cycles of reflection and action for change over a period of 20 months from 2012 to 2014. The data were collected and analyzed using the concurrent mixed method. Reflection on actions in two cycles resulted in designing and implementing action plans for change, learning in both participants and facilitators, and improvement in nurses' satisfaction with the new nursing handover program. Furthermore, the quantitative data showed a significant decrease in time and cost of nursing handover. This study resulted in the participants' deep understanding about the principles of nursing handover in real world, applicable knowledge through action for change, and reflection on it. Finally, the nurses could establish the foundation of sustainable nursing handover successfully.

Going Beyond the Numbers in Teaching Financial Accounting: The Newsletter as an Assignment Option

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 1095-1117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue McGowan
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Group Work ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Accounting Students ◽  
Social Construct ◽  
Research Framework ◽  
Assessment Task ◽  
Wide Range

ABSTRACT This paper examines the effectiveness of an innovative assessment task for undergraduate accounting students in a financial accounting course. The task required students to undertake research to identify current changes and debates within the financial accounting domain by monitoring a wide range of sources and using a newsletter format to present their findings. This task, designed to increase student engagement and interest in accounting issues and to present accounting as a dynamic, interactive social construct, is not case or jurisdiction specific and could be employed in a range of discipline and geographical contexts by educators. The implementation and review of this task within an action-research framework illustrates and reinforces the necessity of the iterations associated with action research to refine and successfully implement teaching innovations. Further, it demonstrates the significance of creativity as an effective tool for enhancing student engagement and the advantages of this assessment task for group work.

Melakukan Penelitian Tindakan Kelas

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-60
Author(s):  
Agung Prihantoro ◽  
Fattah Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Research Methodology ◽  
Quality Of Education ◽  
Research Methodologies ◽  
Research Framework ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Kurt Lewin ◽  
Classroom Action Research

The paper explores the classroom action research as one of research methodologies. This kind of research methodology aims to solve learning and teaching problems and improve the quality of education. There are four models of classroom action research, namely Kurt Lewin model, Stephen Kemmis and Robyn McTaggart model, Margaret Riel model, and Robert P. Pelton model. To make the models easy to apply, the authors show an example of classroom action research framework.

scholarly journals Alleviation of Choking Under Pressure in Elite Golf: An Action Research Study

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 465-488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Denise M. Hill ◽  
Sheldon Hanton ◽  
Nic Matthews ◽  
Scott Fleming
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Cognitive Restructuring ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Choking Under Pressure ◽  
Research Framework ◽  
Professional Golfers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Simulated Training

The study examined the effect of an evidence-based intervention on choking in golf. It is informed by the work of Hill, Hanton, Matthews and Fleming (2010a) that explored the experiences of elite golfers who either choked or excelled under pressure. The perceptions of elite golf coaches who worked with both ‘chokers’ and those who excelled, were also considered. It revealed that choking may be alleviated through the use of process goals, cognitive restructuring, imagery, simulated training and a pre/postshot routine. The present study incorporated each strategy into an intervention that was introduced to two professional golfers (aged 22) who choked under pressure regularly. Through an action research framework the impact of the intervention was evaluated over a ten month period via qualitative methods. The results indicated the intervention alleviated the participants’ choking episodes and so provides information that can be of use to practitioners working with golfers who choke.

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