I have to confess when I first read I would be taking research as my next course I was a little bit scared and worried. It sure sounded like all of the other research classes I have had in the past. After the first week of readings and videos I was proven wrong by a long shot.
In the past two months I have learned to not have any preconceptions ahead of starting a new course in the Master's in Educational Technology. There is nothing that I know that can really relate to what I am learning now. And it is not that I know nothing, but the fact that with the evolution of new technologies, nothing is seen through the same glass we used in the past decade.
Action Research is more than just researching. It is total involvement in the process of inquiry. A process where the researched and the researcher are one and only. Reading and learning about research in this manner has changed my perspective and value for reflection. Where before I used to yawn at the sound of both words -research and reflection -, now I see the connection and the true value of self-analysis.
I particularly like the term "practitioner inquiry" (Dana, 2009) to describe the process of action research. It encloses all we can say about action research in two words that are hard to misunderstand.
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