Welcome to the new library homepage for students who enrolled through Northcentral University. To access the old NCU library homepage, click here. If you enrolled through National University, click here. Please be aware that the NU and NCU students have access to all of the same resources, and we will be merging library homepages by next year.
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Action Research is a user-oriented research methodology that is part of interactive social science research. It promotes change through research (C. Todhunter, Action research: A Case study, 2003). As such, it is frequently used in education to infuse evidence-based research into classroom practices to help identify problems and develop practical solutions (Glossary of Education Reform, 2015).
Participatory Action Research is a holistic process based on the active role of participants rather than limiting their involvement to just research subjects. Action research seeks to produce knowledge that is useful and empowering through the active involvement of the participants (S. Shortall, Action research: A case study, 2003).
