Abstract
The primary purpose of action research carried out by teachers is to improve their own educational and pedagogical practices in a specific context. However, teachers need to develop a more critical stance on their practice to interrogate and validate their action research systematically. Literature suggests that action research can be strengthened through the involvement of critical friends who can ask provocative questions, provide data to be examined through another lens, and offer a critique of a person’s work as a friend. This narrative review paper seeks to emphasize the role of critical friends and propose a critical friend framework that can be integrated into action research studies. It extensively reviews the role of critical friends in action research with illustrations from previous studies. It offers a critical friend’s protocol according to the action research process of self-reflective cycles, namely reconnaissance, planning, action and observation, and reflection. It is therefore suggested that teachers should consider the incorporation of critical friends into their action research studies.
Highlights
PlanningTo plan an intervention (and data collection method) to solve problems/issues identified in the reconnaissance phase
Action research, all of these highlights the need for teachers to work as members of a community, focusing on reflection, collaboration, and inquiry, as they work to transform their classroom practices (Chan & Fai Pang, 2006)
In action research conducted by teachers in the form of self-study research, teachers are responsible for their learning in a process that seeks to understand educational practices (Zeichner & Noffke, 2001)
Summary
To plan an intervention (and data collection method) to solve problems/issues identified in the reconnaissance phase. In order to understand the issues and the context of the educational setting. To ask critical questions Examples of planning to clarify the proposed contents: plan for the teacherresearcher, including an - Intervention plan intervention plan and data collection method
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