ACTION RESEARCH Overview Action Research has its origin in the works of the social psychologist Kurt Lewin (1946). He developed the ideas of group decision and commitment to improvement at work situations (classroom and administrative). It is an act of analysing a situation leading to certain action for improvement and evaluating the result of the tried out action. Action research is focussed on immediate application. It places the emphasis on the problem here and now, in a school setting. Its findings are to be evaluated in terms of local applicability and improvement in school practices. The whole purpose of Action Research is to involve classroom teachers to attempt to solve their classroom problems. A Conceptual Analysis Action research is a form of self-reflective enquiry undertaken by participants in serial situations in order to improve the rationality and justice of their own social or educational practices, as well as their understa...
Examine the global literature that relates to the objectives of the study. The funnel approach is usually the best, that is starting with international citations, coming down to regional (Africa, East Africa) and then National (Uganda) citations. This should not be merely “cut and paste” or just citation without intelligent discussion and integration in the argument of the study.
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