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RESEARCH INITIATIVES

ACTION

RESEARCH

The FP organised an academic research
workshop conducted by Dr. Khadija Al
Balushi, Senior Consultant, MoHERI, on
2 February 2023. The workshop focused

on the process and practical ways of
doing action research.
Dr. Khadija provided hands-on learning
and training on how to go about the

process of action research. She stressed
that action research belongs to
teachers, not researchers. She also
gave insight into how to convert the action research into a research
paper, with examples of journals that publish action research.

Overall, Dr. Khadija successfully assured the audience that action
research was achievable. The workshop was objective-based, activity-
oriented, inspiring and informative.

TAKEAWAYS FOR TEACHERS

Empowerment – Empowers Ownership – Action research
practitioners to investigate the belongs to teachers, not researchers.
challenges they face, explore and try It is controlled by teachers and is
out solutions to improve their practice. meaningful to teachers.
Focus – Has a clear focus on the Structured reflection – Enables
improvement of practice-lead to teachers to do structured reflection

change in practice. on their professional action.

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