One step towards finding a starting point for your action research project could be individual brainstorming:

1. Think of your own practical experience as a workplace instructor.

   1. Is there any question which you have been wanting to investigate for a long time already?

   2. Which of your strengths would you like to develop?

   3. Are there any aspects of your work which you find puzzling and which have already been a focus for your reflection?

   4. Are there any situations which cause difficulties and which you would like to cope with more effectively?

Let your thoughts flow freely and write down your first spontaneous associations in the form of catchwords. You might like to use your journal to record these. Don’t spend more than 6-8 minutes!

2. Once you have recorded your initial ideas, you may be able to stimulate further ideas for starting points by using these incomplete sentences.

   1. I would like to improve the...........................

   2. I am perplexed by..........................................

   3. If I................ I am completely worn out afterwards.

   4. Again and again I get angry about................

   5. I have an idea I would like to try out.

3. Now choose your strongest starting point and use these questions to identify the most important characteristics:

   1. What happens in this situation?

   2. Who does what?

   3. Which contextual factors are especially important in understanding this situation?