A handbook for Exploratory Action Research

Plan the remaining schedule
In Chapter Five (section 5.4), we encouraged you to plan
a research schedule to keep track of the different things 
you need to do during the exploratory part of your 
research. We have now added new things to do in the 
‘action’ part of the process, and you may be able to see, 
having gone through numbers 1. to 6., that we have arrived 
at step 7. in the schedule below:
Things to do
Time
1. Informing and asking permission from school, students and/or other relevant people.
1 week
2. Talking to colleagues who may be involved.
1 week
3. Planning dates and times for the data collection.
1 week
4. Designing ways of collecting data (questionnaires, interviews questions, observation checklist, 
reflection notebook, etc.).
2–3 weeks
5. Collecting data.
4–6 weeks
6. Analysing and reflecting on the data you’ve collected.
2 weeks
7. Designing an action plan. 
2 weeks
8. Planning dates and times for application of the action plan and accompanying data collection.
1 week
9. Designing ways of collecting data (questionnaires, interviews questions, observation checklist, 
reflection notebook, etc.).
2–3 weeks
10. Applying the action plan and collecting data.
4–6 weeks
11. Analysing and reflecting on the data you've collected.
2 weeks

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Month 1 – Things to do
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
 
Month 3 – Things to do
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4