#📓 #🎥 #🟡 # Action Research Made Simple ![[calendar-plus.svg]] <small>Oct 08, 2021</small> | ![[calendar-clock.svg]] <small>Nov 25, 2022</small> 🏷️ [[Action Research]] **Author:** Yvonne Crotty **Citation:** Crotty, Y. (2008, April 27). *Action research made simple* [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg83f72_6Gw&ab_channel=YvonneCrotty --- # Summary Brief explanation of Action Research as a practitioner-based research method that allows individuals and teams to study their own practice with the goal of improving and contributing to new knowledge. ## Key Takeaways # Notes & Important Ideas - [[Kurt Lewin]] coined Action Research in 1940s - Lewin believed [[only by changing social situations can we understand them]] - Cycle of acting, observing, reflecting, revising and then planning again - Insiders researching their own practice as opposed to outsiders researching their practice - Form of [[collaborative personal inquiry]] - Focus is on change and improvement - Exploring professional values and what drives you ## Connections to Other Materials --- # Personal Reflections & Application # Other References