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Short video describing considerations for those writing action research dissertations as to how merge AR with standard research logic.
The three steps of action research (discovery, measurable action, and reflection) make it the perfect tool or process for anyone who wants to reinvent their lives. We have experience from moving internationally, changing careers, starting a journey to optimal health, etc.
Action Research is the perfect tool for business, nonprofits and public administration in complex times of change. The process allows staff to build change in ways that work from all levels within the organization, helping employers get the most out of their staff as employees get the most out of their work. We have experience facilitating AR for change in short, targeting projects in many industries.
Action research allows the solo educator to study and improve their own practice. Participatory action research allows teams of people, even across diverse geographic areas, to institute long term systemic change. We have experience leading this type of longitudinal change in support of the most at-risk populations of students across 20+ states in the US.
At the end of your action research project, or even as a formative assessment halfway through, you will need to go back over your data and analyze what you have really done. This article is the last of five that outline the process for analyzing research, and analyzing action research and reporting them. Analysis and reporting are an alchemical processes through which the researcher looks carefully at all they have done and a completely new version of what happened emerges from that reflection. Whether and to what extent that new embodiment of the work is convincing or important to others has a great deal to do with how deeply you can justify whether or not your work is valid, credible, or reliable to others. This article is the last in a series of five which takes you through both reflecting upon your project, and then what is needed in reporting… 
This website supports the writing and consulting work of E. Alana James, Ed.D., Tracesea Slater, and Alan Bucknam. Together we write books on action research and support individuals, businesses, nonprofits, public administration and schools implement action research as a process for positive change and sustainable action.
Action Research: A Tool for Everyone's Use in Complex Times. Using Action Research for Strategic Planning.Using Action Research to Change the Future of Education. Using Action Research to Enhance Your Career.
Much of the content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License
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Special note, some materials on this site are very close to work published in book form by Sage Publishing, Thousand Oaks, CA and must be cited as either:
James, E. A., Milenkiewicz, M., & Bucknam, A. (2008). Participatory action research: Data driven decision making for educational leadership. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. or
James, E. A., Slater, T., & Bucknam, A. (2011). Action research for business, nonprofits and public administration: A tool for complex times. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishing.
Please write to us at ajames@faculty.jiu.edu to determine which citation is appropriate for the work you wish to cite.
