Riding the Wave: Student Researcher Reflection on the Action Research Process

Autor/inn/en	Burrows, Andrea; Thomas, Jonathan; Woods, Angie; Suess, Robert; Dole, Deborah
Titel	Riding the Wave: Student Researcher Reflection on the Action Research Process
Quelle	In: Educational Action Research, 20 (2012) 2, S.291-312 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0965-0792
DOI	10.1080/09650792.2012.676308
Schlagwörter	Action Research; Researchers; Personal Narratives; Graduate Students; Doctoral Programs; Learner Engagement; Social Change; Role; Psychological Patterns; Anxiety; Reflection; Group Dynamics; Affective Behavior; Affective Measures; Quality of Life; Student Attitudes; Ohio + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Projektforschung; Researcher; Forscher; Erlebniserzählung; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Doktorandenprogramm; Sozialer Wandel; Rollen; Angst; Gruppendynamik; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Lebensqualität; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	The focus of this article is the exploration of and an explanation of student researchers' affect and activity in an action research project. Using a hermeneutical theoretical framework we argue that the researcher group as a whole constructs a wave process and at the same time each individual researcher in the group creates a wave process that may be similar or different to that of the group. These processes shape each other, through phases of engagement and disengagement in the researcher cycle, and make the research experience richer. The article examines five separate researcher narratives, extracting excerpts, to show how these examples showcase this wave phenomenon. Two themes, activity and affect, are identified in the narrative excerpts provided; sub-categories such as roles on a team and context of research are explored in these themes. The importance of explicit discussion of researcher engagement and disengagement in wave cycles is discussed. (Contains 9 figures and 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10