OBJECTIVES • To solve a problem by enriching the field of application of a discipline. • To collaborate with several disciplines for solving a problem. • To study the individual cases without an objective to generalize. • To recognize the study variables that are constantly changing. • To try to spell out how things can be changed. • To report in a common language. FEATURE SEEKS ACTION TO IMPROVE PRACTICES & STUDY THE EFFECT OF THE ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN • Is a form of applied research that aims to empower people through a process that constructs & uses knowledge.
• It aims to find practical solutions
to problems existing in the framework of an organization. • It increases understanding of how a change in an individual’s action or practices can benefit an employee within an organization.
• Changes thus planned are locally
implemented in a selected organizational setup & there fore are not universally applicable. • PAR-Participatory Action Research is a branch of action research which emerged in 1940’s. • It was started by Kurt Lewin, a social psychologist. • The problem is researched, changed & researched within the research by the participants & researchers. • It is co researched by those who will be benefitted by the outcome of the research.
• Action taken through planning
& fact finding is expected to bring about future & organizational change. DATA COLLECTION METHODS • Following data collection methods are used in action research : • Interview. • Observation. • Story telling. • Socio drama. • Drawing & painting.
Cont….. • Plays & skits.
• Other creative ways like explore
lives, tell stories & recognize own strengths etc. IMPORTANCE • Action research has the ability to exert power if it involves collaboration between study participants & the researcher. • The research process has potentials to improve practice & research based applications & researchers. • The habit of thinking, ability to work harmoniously with others & a professional collaboration will improve professionalism & knowledge related to an individual's work.
• Action research helps in recognizing
strengths & areas of improvement. EXAMPLES
An action research on the
practicability of western nursing practice protocols in Indian health care agencies.