ACTION RESEARCH

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TODAY IN PSY 360L OCT. 20, 2004
1. Guest Speaker Prof. King-McKenzie 2. Discuss
Interviewing as a method of inquiry 3. Discuss
"Action ResearchThis method focuses on research
which explicitly seeks to make changes at the
site based on the data gathered and is used in
institutional research as well as social change
research. Two examples -- -- From Qualitative
Research in Psychology, Chapter 10 Participatory
Action Research From Within and Beyond Prison
Bars. -- From Decolonizing Methodologies,
Chapter 8 25 Indigenous Projects 3. Lab 5
--Interviewing as a method of inquiry 4.
Workshop interview questions (and sign out tape
players). 5. How are your projects going? 6.
Thank you card to Prof. Hill
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memos
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Memos
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Interviews Part of a Multimethod Approach

• Structured
• Semi-Structured
• Group
• Unstructured
• Oral History

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ACTION RESEARCHaction and evaluation

• Making change is at the heart of this method.
• An approach that follows the belief that
  research, to be ethical, must improve peoples
  lives or improving the quality of action within
  the social situation.
• Techniques collection of documents, keeping a
  detailed diary, observation, questionnaire
  surveys, interviews, shadowing, tape/video
  recording, photographs, triangulation.

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Lab 5 Interviewing

• Pick a partner to work with ( 2 - 3 per group)
• Develop 5 interview questions together for your
  study
• Choose an interview method
• Try the questions out with your partner
• Switch roles
• Choose another interviewing method
• Try out the questions again or revised questions
• Report back to class what you did and how it went
• Think about how you felt answering the questions
  yourself