EMERGENCE AND CONTINUANCE OF ACTION RESEARCH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Action research is a form of inquiry carried out by professionals into their own work. Teacher-researchers explore their own teaching, or their curriculums, or some other aspect of their professional context. It can be an individual effort, but it is even stronger when it involves cooperation among colleagues and also, where appropriate, cooperation with students is high. It carries the message that we can learn and improve things through our own efforts but much better through the cooperation of various other factors.Though it is known that the practice is always located somewhere, at a certain time, among certain people, we may or may not expect that action research in different places will produce theories that have some overlap and some differences. But, by sharing our practices and our theories, we can learn from both the overlaps and the differences. This paper highlights the introduction as emergence of Action research, basics and goals, its developmental stages, its inception into education, reflective practice, types, and the necessity of focus and support in its conduct from various sources.