Action research is a type of research conducted by teachers and administrators to improve the quality of their decisions and address immediate problems in education. It focuses on applying solutions in a local setting rather than developing theory. Key characteristics include addressing classroom-level practice problems through a scientific process aimed at immediate application and improvement of school practices through individual and group involvement. The objectives of action research are to create democratic values, study and improve the working system of schools, develop teacher skills, raise student performance, and eliminate traditional rigidity. Common areas that action research addresses include teaching methods, audio-visual aids, homework systems, discipline, absenteeism, and administrative problems. The main steps of action research are to identify a problem area, select a specific

1. ACTION RESEARCH
PREPARED BY
MS. KANCHAN KHATREJA

2. CONCEPT OF ACTION
RESEARCH
Acc. to Good
It is a research used by teachers,
supervisors and administrators to
improve the quality of their decisions and
actions.

3. Acc. To Mouly
Many of the problems facing the education
require immediate attention. Such on the spot
research aimed at the solution of an immediate
problem is generally known in education as
action research.

4. Acc. To John W. Best
Action research is focussed on the immediate
application, not on the development of theory.
It has placed its emphasis on a real problem
here and now in a local setting.

5. CHARACTERISTICS OF ACTION RESEARCH
1. Class-room Level
2. Practice problems
3. Scientific Procedure
4. Immediate application
5. Involvement
6. Improvement of school practices
7. Personal research
8. Individual and group problems
9. Evaluation of Findings
10. Strengthening Research
11. Guidance and Improvement

6. OBJECTIVES OF ACTION
RESEARCH
1. To create democratic values among pupils and teachers.
2. To study the problems of working system of school, to
search out their solutions and to bring improvement and
development in that working system.
3. To develop working skills in the teachers and other
workers of the school.
4. To raise performance level of the pupils.
5. To eradicate traditional rigidity from the school.
6. To develop sceintific attitude in the teachers, principals,
managers and supervisors of the school.

7. SCOPE OR AREAS FOR ACTION RESEARCH
1. TEACHING METHODS
2. AUDIO-VISUAL AIDS
3. HOME ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM EFFECTIVE
4. DISCIPLINE
5. STUDY OF ABSENTEES AND LATECOMERS
6. PROBLEMS OF TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
7. PROBLEMS OF SCHOOL ORGANISATION AND
ADMINISTRATION
8. LEARNING PROBLEMS
9. ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS
10. OTHER FIELDS

8. STEPS OF ACTION RESEARCH

9. VARIOUS STEPS OF ACTION RESEARCH
1. IDENTIFICATION OF PROBLEM AREA
2. SELECTION OF PROBLEM
3. ANALYSIS OF CAUSES OF THE PROBLEM
4. FORMULATION OF ACTION HYPOTHESIS
5. DEVELOPING A DESIGN TO TEST ACTION
HYPOTHESIS
6. EVALUATION OF RESULTS