Action Research in the Workplace—The Situation and the Plan
[WLO: 2] [CLOs: 1, 4, 6]

Based on the topic you chose for the Week 1(TOPIC; NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF YOUNG OFFENDERS IN ADULT PRISONS) Preparing for the Mini Project Proposal assignment, explain how you might use action research in your workplace or community. Provide a specific example of a situation or issue, and explain how your workplace or community may benefit from action research. Then, explain who would be involved with the action research project and why, and finally, discuss how you could collect data that would inform an action plan.  Prior to beginning work on this assignment,

Review the following resources on action research projects:
What Is Action Research? What Does Action Research Mean? Action Research Meaning & Explanation (Links to an external site.)
Participatory Action Research (Links to an external site.)
Assessing Competence in Sport Psychology: An Action Research Account (Links to an external site.)
Engaging Teenagers in Suicide Research Through Youth Participatory Action Research (Links to an external site.)
The Development of a Preventative Bullying Policy: An Action Research Approach (Links to an external site.)
PJT Sample for an Action Research Project (Links to an external site.)
Based on the topic you chose for the Week 1(TOPIC; NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF YOUNG OFFENDERS IN ADULT PRISONS) Preparing for the Mini Project Proposal assignment, include the following in your paper:
Explain the context of the situation or issue in three to five sentences.
Include how your workplace or community may benefit from action research.
Discuss who would be involved with the action research project in two or three sentences.
Explain why.
Include what role they would play.
Explain how you could collect data that would inform an action plan in two or three sentences.