Iterative Findings from the Action Research Intervention

Abstract

This chapter presents the findings generated by the research design methodology outlined in Chapter 4 from an iterative AR narrative point of view, which highlights data from each of the distinct cycles of observation and also links each data collection period to reflection and subsequent planning stages. The purpose of this chapter is to convey the way in which data from each phase of the project were collected from distinct groups of learners at specific times, thereby showing how multi-stage AR can help build theory from practice. In demonstrating the evolutionary nature of this AR, numerical data and narrative examples are presented chronologically so that repeating themes and views can be established, and any inconsistencies can be identified. The chapter emphasizes the methodological and cyclical triangulation of the research design. In contrast, Chapter 6 will examine the data from a different perspective, that of ‘participant lenses’, an approach which accentuates participant and investigator triangulation (see Chapter 4).