2016
DOI: 10.1080/09650792.2015.1124046
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Literature review on the use of action research in higher education

Abstract: This literature review considers the use of action research in higher education. It specifically looks at two areas of higher education activity. The first concerns academic teaching practice and includes a discussion of research and pedagogy practice, and staff development. The second considers student engagement. In both these core features of higher education, action research has proved to be a central approach to the investigation, reflection and improvement of practice. Each of these main foci includes a … Show more

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“…PAR implementation involves, therefore, profound changes in teaching and training (Corpa et al, 2010;Gibbs et al, 2017), namely in the relationship with other stakeholders (Kindon & Elwood, 2009), in a greater emotional involvement (Kindon & Elwood, 2009), and even in the possibility of a potential overload of time tasks (Barbre et al, 2013;Mendonç a et al, 2015;Strode, 2013):…”
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“…PAR implementation involves, therefore, profound changes in teaching and training (Corpa et al, 2010;Gibbs et al, 2017), namely in the relationship with other stakeholders (Kindon & Elwood, 2009), in a greater emotional involvement (Kindon & Elwood, 2009), and even in the possibility of a potential overload of time tasks (Barbre et al, 2013;Mendonç a et al, 2015;Strode, 2013):…”
Section: For Teachersmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This results in the need for greater flexibility in the management of the teaching-learning process, which itself generates unpredictability that entails greater difficulty in systematic follow-up. As pointed out by Gibbs et al (2017), it "include[s] a lack of reporting on the AR [action research] stages or cycles in a way that allows others to analyse the study systematically" (p. 13), which may run counter to preconceived ideas and/or expectations of both teachers and students (Kindon & Elwood, 2009).…”
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