Teaching experiences based on action research: a guide to publishing in scientific journals

Juan A Marin-Garcia,Rafaela Alfalla-Luque

doi:10.4995/wpom.7243

Juan A Marin-Garcia, Rafaela Alfalla-Luque

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https://doi.org/10.4995/wpom.7243

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Abstract

The aim of this paper is to justify action research as an adequate research model (sufficiently simple and efficient) to analyse and disseminate teaching innovation experiences in university contexts undertaken by lecturers-researchers whose main area of knowledge is business management or other social sciences where action research is a well-known methodology. We will justify that the teaching experiences of implementing good teaching/learning practices are perfectly suited to the characteristics of action research. A checklist of the research report content for publishing in scientific journals will be proposed. Consequently, the article will be useful to higher education academics and professionals.

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The majority of university lecturers who try to tackle a teaching innovation are biased by their natural field of research and the habitual policy of many academic journals of not considering replication studies interesting if they are not based on experimental designs or if their novelty does not produce a short-term jump in citations
Teaching experiences based on action research: a guide to publishing in scientific journals Marin-García, J
To make matters worse they cannot be relied upon to be recognised as relevant merit in their area of knowledge, which does not further their promotion among academics (Marin-Garcia & Alfalla-Luque, 2018)

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The majority of university lecturers who try to tackle a teaching innovation are biased by their natural field of research and the habitual policy of many academic journals (publication bias) of not considering replication studies interesting if they are not based on experimental designs or if their novelty does not produce a short-term jump in citations. Teaching experiences based on action research: a guide to publishing in scientific journals Marin-García, J.

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