Module Action Research

You will critically examine a range of perspectives and theoretical frameworks relevant to your workplace and use these to inform the design, implementation and evaluation of a practical action research project aimed at developing your practice.

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

• demonstrate self-awareness in selecting an area of personal professional practice for development and articulate an understanding of the relationship between this area and relevant theoretical and policy frameworks
• select and evaluate a range of relevant texts including education literature and policy documents to identify key concepts and use these to formulate new and innovative approaches to practice
• identify and provide a rationale for an appropriate action research design to structure and carry out a trial of these new approaches
• critically evaluate the action research process and its impact on practice