ACTION RESEARCH Action research is a small-scale intervention in the functioning of the real world to address practitioners’ own issues, and a close examination of the effects of such an intervention.

Elements of Action Research It works on participants’ own problems; It seeks to improve practice; It is collaborative and participatory; It is problem-solving; It is undertaken in situ; It is an ongoing cycle of diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation; It is methodologically eclectic; It requires reflection; It builds on professional development.