Action Research
A participatory approach in which practitioners improve their own practice through repeated cycles of planning, acting, observing, and reflecting.
Action research is conducted by or with practitioners inside their own setting, such as a teacher studying a change in their classroom. It proceeds in cycles: plan an intervention, act, observe what happens, reflect, then revise the plan and repeat. The goal is simultaneous improvement of practice and generation of knowledge, with participants treated as co-researchers rather than subjects.
For a practitioner thesis, action research turns everyday professional problems into legitimate research. Its credibility depends on systematic documentation of each cycle and honest reflexivity about the researcher's dual role, since you are both actor and analyst. Keep detailed records of decisions and changes across cycles; that audit trail is what distinguishes research from ordinary professional trial and error.
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