• The professional voice.
  A characteristic of professionalism is that the practice of an individual member of the profession should be open to scrutiny by professional colleagues. This professional evaluation begins when instructors voice their knowledge, experience and professional values in conversations about their teaching.

• The voice of the community.
  The community as a whole, including various interest groups, has a stake in the evaluation of instructors’ practice.

An example of how to plan out all of the steps for your action research project appears in Exercise 6.

Step 7 – Formulating and Sharing Instructor Knowledge

One of the primary concerns of action research is to promote the sharing of knowledge and experiences of the practitioner- researchers who engage in it in order to improve and further develop programs.

Preparing to report the experiences and outcomes of action research involves further reflection and analysis which sharpen initial interpretations and give rise to additional insights. In analysing your own experiences and reporting them, you make it clearer to others where you stand and why.

When deciding what method to use in reporting the new instructor knowledge consider these three interrelated questions.

1. What: What should be included — descriptions, research methods, analysis of findings, action strategies?

2. To whom: Who are your audiences?

3. How: What method of reporting do you want to use?