A handbook for Exploratory Action Research

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Chapter 9 
Task 9.2
There are many possible advantages to sharing your 
research. Let’s start with, perhaps, the most beneficial
to you personally, and maybe the least obvious: 
1. Presenting your research to others can be a way
to enter new professional groups, communities
and networks, and this can be beneficial in many 
unpredictable ways. We will return to this point
in 9.3. 
2. The act of sharing your research findings can
be motivating, due to the impact you can see it 
having on colleagues and the professional pride
you can gain.
3. As you prepare for a presentation, this will help you 
to reflect and evaluate what you have done carefully. 
This can lead to new insights before you share 
anything!
4. You get feedback on your research and what you 
found. This can include both praise and questions
or constructive criticism that can help you to 
re-evaluate your research and understand more 
about it. This may help you to understand your 
experience better, and of course it can help you
to become a better teacher-researcher, too.
5. Finally, other teachers can learn directly from your 
experience, challenges, successes and findings.
Task 9.3 
A. Andrea; 
B. Daniela; 
C. Teresa; 
D. Lorena.
Task 9.8 
1. Action research diagrams tend to show a spiral
or a round cycle like the diagram shown here: 
2. Most diagrams will show four key stages; Plan,
Act, Observe, Reflect. 
3. The spiral shows how the process may continue
after the final stage to a previous stage or back
to the beginning. 
OBSERVE
PLAN
REFLECT
ACT

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