EDU706 - Belhaven University Lectures

Covers planning for implementation through timelines and communication strategies, emphasizing backward mapping, stakeholder coordination, ethical responsibility, and sustained reflection throughout the action research process.

Outlines the structure and purpose of the action research prospectus, detailing required sections and supporting materials needed to present a coherent, reviewable plan suitable for district approval and ethical review.

Explains how to align an action research focus with recent, relevant scholarship through an annotated bibliography, emphasizing synthesis, evaluation of prior studies, identification of gaps, and justification of theoretical and methodological choices.

Focuses on developing clear action research goals using SMART criteria, aligning goals with appropriate theoretical or conceptual frameworks, and applying cyclical models of action and reflection to ensure coherence between theory, measures, and practice.

Details the core components of an action research project, including problem context, literature review, research questions, methodology, permissions, data collection and analysis, and reporting, positioning the prospectus as the organizing framework for the study.

Introduces action research as a practice-oriented alternative to traditional dissertations, clarifying its problem-solving purpose, collaborative nature, and expectations for grounding inquiry in recent literature while preparing students to develop an implementable prospectus for partner districts.