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According to this view, action research is critical in the sense
that practitioners not only look for ways to improve their practice
within the various constraints of the situation in which they are
working, but are also critical change agents of those constraints, and
of themselves. It is reflective in that participants analyse and
develop concepts and theories about their experiences. Action
researchers are accountable in that they aim to make their learning
process and its results public, both to each other and to other
interested practitioners, using accessible terminology. Their practice
is self-evaluated in that the reflective and analytical insights of the
researcher- practitioners themselves form the basis of the developmental
process. Action research is participative in that those involved
contribute equally to the inquiry, and collaborative in that the
researcher is not an expert doing research from an external perspective,
but a partner working with and for those affected by the problem and
the way in which it is tackled.
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