The Collective Experience of Teaching, Learning, and Doing Action Research: A Student - Professor Dialogue
Location
1052
Format Type
Event
Format Type
Panel
Start Date
January 2019
End Date
January 2019
Abstract
This panel presents the experiences of a professor and students in a one semester, doctoral action research course. The course required both the completion of individual action research projects by each student, and participation in an action research project led by the professor. As we explored the concept of action research, we used Appreciative Inquiry to conduct action research on our own doctoral program, the purpose of which was to demonstrate action research as the students conducted their individual studies in their professional settings and to define and address real concerns about the program in which they are enrolled. Ours was a group of six doctoral students, only one of whom had formal experience with qualitative research. As often occurs in qualitative courses, students initially interpreted the experience through the quantitative lens with which they were familiar. The experiences while teaching, learning, and doing action research in the course included discomfort, resistance, fear, struggle, worry, relief, and success. The focus of the panel is not the findings of the individual or group projects, but a dialogue about the collective experience of the process. Our panel will open as a group Pecha Kucha (http://www.pechakucha.org/) and continue as a conversation.
Keywords
Action research, doctoral education, appreciative inquiry
The Collective Experience of Teaching, Learning, and Doing Action Research: A Student - Professor Dialogue
1052
This panel presents the experiences of a professor and students in a one semester, doctoral action research course. The course required both the completion of individual action research projects by each student, and participation in an action research project led by the professor. As we explored the concept of action research, we used Appreciative Inquiry to conduct action research on our own doctoral program, the purpose of which was to demonstrate action research as the students conducted their individual studies in their professional settings and to define and address real concerns about the program in which they are enrolled. Ours was a group of six doctoral students, only one of whom had formal experience with qualitative research. As often occurs in qualitative courses, students initially interpreted the experience through the quantitative lens with which they were familiar. The experiences while teaching, learning, and doing action research in the course included discomfort, resistance, fear, struggle, worry, relief, and success. The focus of the panel is not the findings of the individual or group projects, but a dialogue about the collective experience of the process. Our panel will open as a group Pecha Kucha (http://www.pechakucha.org/) and continue as a conversation.
Comments
Breakout Session D