1. Why is it important to keep a research diary?
- To explore your practice
- Reflect yourself/your ideas
- Help you to record research + writing
- Share experiences with peers + engage in interaction between peers + participants.
2. What is action research?
Research carried out by practitioners on their own practice.
Can be management/administration/medicine/education or social services
3. Complete the action research cycle:
This is represented by a circle annotated with planning, action, monitoring and reflection.
4. What is triangulation? How is it represented?
This is represented by a triangle, with observation at the peak and analysis and interviews at the other two corners, arrows move in towards the middle of the triangle with a question mark in the middle.
It is a combination of different methods giving access to different aspects of research
5. What does a critical friend do?
A critical friend is someone to talk over issues with, who helps you to focus without giving answers of his/her own.
6. List some of the criticism and limitations of action research:
- Lack of time
- Validity of research
- Unfamiliarity with research methods
- Action research produces results which are not viable – so it may confuse the situation
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