Action Research for Professional Development: Concise advice for New Action Researchers

This text aims to provide some general answers for the many people who ask, ?What exactly is action research?? A number of excellent books are available to give more detailed responses, and you can find some of them in the ?bibliographies? section of this web site. Here I am hoping to give a brief gloss about what action research is, and how helpful it can be in our hopes to improve the quality of life through learning.