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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ACTION RESEARCH (ICAR 2022)
Description
The Malaysian Action Research Network (MARNet) is are proud to present an International Conference on Action Research (ICAR 2022), from 3-6 September, 2022. This virtual conference aims to bring together practitioners, professionals, academics and researchers from various backgrounds and disciplines, including education, nursing, social work, allied health professions, business and management, computer science and the criminal justice sector. The conference will feature four keynotes from prominent national and international action research scholars, three engaging and contextualised action research workshops, and hundreds of research and practice-based presentations. The conference seeks to provide a space for the presentation of current findings on scientific practices using a variety of action research paradigms, philosophies and methodologies, including, but not limited to:
- Action case
- Action learning
- Action science
- Appreciative inquiry
- Autoethnography in action research
- Classroom-based action research
- Collaborative action research
- Community-based action research
- Community-based participatory action research
- Critical action research
- Critical participatory action research
- Educational living theory research
- Emancipatory action research
- Industrial action research
- Living theory research
- Participatory action research
- Practical action research
- Self-study action research
- Soft system approaches
- Technical action research
- Theory of practice architectures research
Purposes and Objectives
The purposes and objectives of the International Conference on Action Research (ICAR 2022) are:
- To bring scholars, researchers, educators, students, professionals and other groups interested in action research together to present their work on developments in their practices.
- To provide a space for the presentation of current findings on scientific practices in the field of action research.
- To create collaborative links between academics and practitioners, aiming for a long-term sharing of knowledge and discussions of key issues related to practice.
- To advocate for action research as a means of developing and advancing national education, by improving practitioners’ capability of leading social change projects.
- To cultivate action research among practitioners in Malaysia to enhance self-professional practice that can have a transformative impact on human development.
Theme
The theme of the conference is “Transforming Practices“, which seeks to encourage practitioners to transform the world by transforming their practices and the practice architectures that shape them. It also offers practitioners the opportunity to contribute to contemporary practice theory. One of the key aims of action research is to change our practices, understandings of our practices, and the conditions in which we practice. Transforming our practices means transforming what we do; transforming our understandings means transforming what we think and say; and transforming the conditions of practice means transforming the ways in which we relate to others and things, as well as the contexts we find ourselves within. In particular, this theme is inspired by Stephen Kemmis’s (2022) work on the theory of practice architectures, which describes how practices are shaped by various semantic, social and physical factors.
Keynote Speakers
Emeritus Professor Stephen Kemmis
Charles Sturt University and Federation University, Australia
Emeritus Professor Gary Anderson
New York University, United States
Professor Kathryn Herr
Montclair State University, United States
Emeritus Professor David Coghlan
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Emeritus Professor Dato Dr Othman Lebar
Sultan Idris Education University, Malaysia
Event Details
- Date
- 3 - 6 September 2022
- Venue/Platform
- Virtual Conference (Zoom)
- Key Dates
- 30 July 2022: Abstract Submission Deadline
- 16 August 2022: Video/Poster Submission Deadline
- 26 August 2022: Registration Deadline
Annual Report 2021
How To Cite
Mat Noor, M. S. A. (Ed.) (2021). Annual Report 2021. Malaysian Action Research Network. https://www.marnet.my/annual-report-2021
Update 16 August 2022: The editors are currently reviewing and editing all submitted manuscript.
Evidence-based pedagogical practice: A compilation of action research studies
Editors
Assoc Prof Dr Vishalache Balakrishnan
Faculty of Education, Universiti Malaya
Asst Prof Dr Nazatul Akmar Mokhtar
Kulliyyah of Education, International Islamic University Malaysia
Assoc Prof Dr Nadarajan Thambu
Faculty of Human Sciences, Sultan Idris Education University
Evidence-based pedagogical practice offers a way to conceptualise the decision-making processes involved in improving learning and teaching, based on concrete evidence from either scientific literature, or data collected through various methods, notably action research (Elliott, 2004).
This book foregrounds action research, as it is an emerging method that seeks to involve communities and to enable educators to reflect on and adapt their own practice (McNiff, 2017).
The key features of action research are the use of theory to stimulate inquiry and the assimilation of research findings into pedagogical practice (Colucci‐Gray et al., 2013). Thus, it is an important example of evidence-based pedagogical practice.
The Malaysia Action Research Network (MARNet) and Centre for Research in International and Comparative Education (CRICE), University of Malaya invites teachers, educators, lecturers and practitioners who are MARNet members to contribute to this book proposal.
We at CARNival [organised by the Collaborative Action Research Network, United Kingdom] are really proud to be associated with MARNet. It’s been just such an exciting and well-managed conference and has had such respected speakers. I think it’s been really terrific, and I’ve managed to make lots of international contacts, which is great.
There are lots and lots of action research publications out there that would really be interested in learning about your individual projects or possibly if you wanted to come together and talk about them from sort of a MARNet perspective… what is the nature of action research currently in Malaysia? Part of our job as researchers is to share our knowledge with others, and I would really welcome hearing from you and encourage you to consider publishing your work.
Thanks to the organisers of MARNet for this opportunity because it’s so impressive to see what is actually being done. People from MARNet can help grow this movement [educational living theory] by sharing the knowledge you are creating and generating as you work to improve your practice. Many thanks for the opportunity to participate; it’s been a pleasure. Thank you.
I really love the idea of being invited, being here getting to know more about Malaysia. The discussion was really thought-provoking; the presentations highlighted very interestingly critical points that we commented and reflected on critically. I think there are still things to talk about, but as always, we never have enough time to discuss everything, and we can meet at other events and discuss further
The conferences [CARNival Conference 2021 and MARNet Conference 2021] have really been fulfilling, as our two networks have synchronised so immensely, very well, so we must thank you. The work you are doing is an inspiration to us, so thank you for that. Thank you for taking part, and we look forward to meeting everybody at future conferences. Hopefully, we all can meet up virtually or face to face sometime in the future.
What They Says
Feedback from International Action Research Scholars about our MARNet Conference 2021
MARNet Conference 2021 was held from 5 – 9 October, in conjunction with the CARNival 2021 and collaboration with the Collaborative Action Research Network (CARN), United Kingdom.