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Publication Date: 2021
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Exploring the Fluidity of Relationships and Methodology as an 'Insider' Action Researcher
Webster-Deakin, Tara
Educational Action Research, v29 n5 p722-737 2021
In this article, I explore the challenges of undertaking insider research as a Widening Participation university practitioner and positioning myself as lead researcher with three academic co-researchers. The action research process provided the fertile environment for our complex academic: non-academic relationships to shift into more equitable working relationships and for expertise to be attributed to the practitioner as well as the academic knowledge base. I was required to be responsive and agile throughout the research in order to adapt my vision for the research project from a participatory action research to a more pragmatic action research approach. This necessary shift had a significant impact on my understanding of the action research methodology and of the research project focus. While my self-perception at the outset is that of an outsider in collaboration with insiders, through the process of enacting the research with my colleagues, my position can be seen to move to insider in collaboration with other insiders.
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Action Research, Teacher Researchers, Expertise, Research Methodology, Research Projects, Cooperation
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Language: English
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