Year | definition | source |
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1996 | "A study of a particular social situation (which might or might not be concerned with education) in which the intention is not simply to understand and report, but to bring about certain improvements." | Lawton, Denis & Gordon, Peter (1996, p.47) |
2009 | "Action research is defined as any systematic inquiry conducted by teachers, administrators, counselors or others with a vested interest in the teaching and learning process or environmentfor the purpose of gathering information about how their particular schools operate, how they teach and how their students learn." | Mertler, Craig A. (2009, p.4) |