Dialogic Collaborative Action Research: A Sustainable Form of Teacher Action Research

• In Event: Empowering Educators: The Power of Action Research in Teacher Development, Growth, and Transformation

Abstract

This paper proposes a mode of action research (AR) that can be sustained in teachers’ practice: dialogic collaborative action research (D-CAR). Although AR as part of coursework, funded projects, or professional development (PD) has been shown to help teachers improve their practice and produce practical knowledge, there is little evidence that they continue to engage in AR afterwards. Because D-CAR’s primary method conversation among teachers in collaborative groups, it is better aligned with teachers’ day-to-day work and lives than conventional forms of educational AR. The presentation will include the theoretical basis of D-CAR, how and why it can be embedded into teachers’ practice, and examples of how teachers have engaged in D-CAR.

Authors

• Katie Laux, Upper Iowa University

• Molly Trendell Nation, University of South Florida

• Jawaher Alsultan, Imam Abdul Rahman bin Faisal University

• Allan Feldman, University of South Florida