Action research examples?
Models and Examples This section contains key information to aid the action research process. First, we present three models or paradigms for action research. Second, we provide some examples from a range of educational research projects that have employed the model 2: Practical Action Research. Examples of Model 3 are mostly social and community research and examples are not included here. Model 1 is not now widely used in action research and is included here for historical reference only. Each example is described briefly with reference to the stages in a cycle of an action research project: Question => Plan => Act => Observe => Reflect => In actual fact, the difference between the models is the degree to which an outside researcher influences the action research project in terms of framing the research question and determining the direction the research will take. In Model 1 this influence is considerable, whereas in Model 3 practitioners work collaboratively to define their own problems and identify possible solutions. Note also that the titles usually given to these models ("Technical", "Practical" and "Emancipatory") are somewhat obscure and do not really give a clear idea of how the model is practiced. We have employed these labels because they are in common usage among action researchers, but the accompanying descriptions give a clearer picture. We anticipate that within this broad framework, instructors will devise their own models and methods of research, consistent with constraints imposed by their students, availability of support and teaching resources. STUDY MORE http://celt.ust.hk/teaching-resources/ac... Action Research Examples in Education http://www.drawntoscience.org/educators/... ALSO STUDY http://www.slideshare.net/lanceabalos/ac... http://www.google.gr/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&ved=0CH8QFjAJ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reading.org%2FLibraries%2Finternational%2Fa-practical-guide-to-action-research-for-literacy-educators.pdf&ei=-I6MUuDsONOw4QS-rICoAw&usg=AFQjCNEtfyl84KtEJZ7axl2p3gDKP-yloQ&bvm=bv.56643336,d.bGE AAA
What is the difference between an "action plan" and a "plan"?
A plan is a detailed and thorough (depending upon the planner, of course) set of preparations undertaken to achieve an objective, or to achieve goals leading to one or more objectives. It can be as simple in structure or as complex as necessary.However to be successful it has to encompass 100% of all of the activities that are being proposed.An "action plan", as I understand it, is a disciplinary tool used by middling to weak organizations in an attempt to improve the performance of an employee or to provide those organizations with a "fig leaf" of cover if/when they attempt to dismiss said employee for poor performance. They are rarely true "plans" as they don't include the person in question in their creation, they often fail to encompass 100% of their objective (unless that objective is employee termination) and they rarely set goals that have to be met by all parties involved.Usually their ultimate goal is to remove the employee from the company; and, at this task, they usually succeed.Frankly, I cringe whenever I hear the term "action plan" being used, as it's usually a sign that:Someone has made a bad hire and now is attempting to both correct that mistake and salve their conscious in advance of a termination at the same time.There really is no "plan" as much as there are a series of actions that a single party has to undertake that almost always are beyond that individuals abilities to successfully perform.The company in question is a terrible place to work and either trains their employees poorly or is unable to correctly assess talent during the hiring process. Or both.In my assessment, anything labeled as being an "action plan" is an oxymoron in the truest sense of the word.
As a User Experience Researcher what is your action plan or steps to approach a new project?
Being UX researcher, your approach will change accordingly to your task like working on existing product/website(revamping), creating new product/website or fixing any specific problem in existing product/website.I worked with similar kind of team proposition what you have mentioned in your question.Being in this situation, getting all needed inputs (project brief from UX perspective) from client, I start working on wireframes (Hi or Low, depends on what timeframe I do have from client side) and take those wireframes to prototype in next step. While doing this exercise, I always keep one UI resource to assist me to work on wire-framing tool. This helps them to understand my approach as well as prepared them for upcoming projects. Now a days there are a lot good tools (XD, Animate, Balsmiqe, etc) are available for wireframe/prototype and UI guys are also find them easy to adopt.I hope this approach will help you get more helping end while working on UX processes in different projects and remove yourself from bottleneck position.Hope this will help you!
How do I stick to my action plans, especially in pursuing a PhD?
It all depends on what you mean by 'action plan'.If you mean ‘action plan’ as in gaining your PhD, then you will need determination and hard work. You will need to keep your ‘eye on the prize’.If you mean ‘action plan’ as in terms of your research to get your PhD, then I would suggest that it may be impossible to stick to your ‘action plan’.I can only really comment on PhDs in biomedical sciences.I know from experience (both getting a PhD and supervising students studying for a PhD) that the research ‘action plan’ often falls apart after the first few experiments as things don't work out as you expect (or hope) as you get unexpected results or the methods don't work. It is at this point that your 'determination and hard work' come in, and keeping your ‘eye on the prize’.From my own PhD: After six months of work, I realised that the project wasn't going to work out as we thought in the original 'action plan' and so I changed direction. One year later I still had no results (problems with the method) so the 'action plan' had failed again as I wasn't as far as long as I wanted to be. At this stage, the 'determination and hard work' was really being tested, but a month later I cracked the method, and it was time for a new 'action plan'.Bottom line: Be flexible. Doing a PhD is not an 'action plan', it is a series of evolving and changing plans. If you think you can get a PhD by having an 'action plan' and just crossing off the actions on your plan, you will be sadly disappointed, and all you may have is an 'action plan' for failure.
What is an action research on organizational development?
Action research (also known as participatory research), can be described as an onsite experiment conducted by a designated group of workers. In short, the workers identify an issue or problem, then determine a potential solution, then implement the solution on a small scale, collect data and analyze the results.Action research includes five steps: diagnosis, action plan, performing the action, evaluation and determining the outcome (specify what was learned).The action research process is on-the-job research (experiential) and not an experiment that uses standard "scientific" methodology.
What's the difference between a strategic plan and an action plan?
In theory, a strategic plan should tell you ‘where you have to go’, and the action plan should contain all the steps for ‘actually going there’. But, as others have already stated, it’s not always wise to consider them as two separate levels.As Richard Rumelt wrote in his highly influential book Good Strategy/Bad Strategy, a good strategy is intrinsically action oriented. According to Rumelt, the kernel of strategy (ie., the components of a good strategy) is made of:A diagnosis that defines or explains the nature of the challenge;A guiding policy for dealing with the challenge;A set of coherent actions designed to carry out the guiding policy.So, a strategic plan should already include the main activities that you have to do in order to reach your objective. And when you start working at the operational or tactical level, remember to periodically go back and have a look at the original strategy. Failing to do so can result in ‘losing sight of the big picture’: forgetting what’s really important to do and why, resulting often in wasting time on trivial tasks instead of working what will move the needle.To solve this very common problem, at Mindiply we’ve developed a visual tool where you can manage on the same screen both the strategy and tactical levels. It’s called I am Why, you can find the free trial here.