Rethinking the architecture: an action researcher's resolution to writing and presenting their thesis  

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Davis, Julie M.

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Action Research vol. 5 no. 2 (Jun. 2007), page 181-198.
Topik: Action Research; Reflexivity; Thesis as Reportage; Research as Narrative; Thesis Examination; Thesis Linearity
Fulltext: 181AR52.pdf (140.99KB)

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The thesis as a bulky ‘tome’ with a traditional structure – literature review, methodology, research design, findings and conclusions – is a concept under increasing challenge. Recently, I completed a doctoral action research project based on environmental education in a primary school. However, I found that trying to force the action research process into a linear writing structure was an unsatisfactory experience. After much anxiety and considerable experimentation, I resolved the problem of ‘fit’ between action research and the traditional thesis format by creating an alternative architecture based on each of the action research cycles. While still producing a bulky ‘doorstopper’, I feel this structure is a better reflection of the way the study evolved. This article outlines this new architecture and discusses its rationale. It also challenges other action researchers to innovate and experiment with the ways they represent their research work. Licence for such innovation is rapidly developing especially with the advent of digital thesis production and performative theses. I see no reason why action researchers cannot be leaders in the creation of new forms of practice about how research theses and dissertations are represented in the academy.

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