- Title
- The concerns-based adoption model: teachers' participation in action research
- Creator
- Khoboli, B.; O'Toole, John M.
- Relation
- Systemic Practice and Action Research Vol. 25, Issue 2, p. 137-148
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11213-011-9214-8
- Publisher
- Springer
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2012
- Description
- This article views a particular example of action research through the theoretical lens provided by the Concerns Based Adoption Model of professional development. A small group of teachers in Lesotho, used action research to investigate their understanding and practice in the midst of externally initiated change. Data was collected from teachers' discussions during the 2 years of the project. Teachers interacted during planning sessions; lesson observations and reflection meetings. Results indicated that these teachers' development and change through action research corresponded with the seven levels of the Concerns-Based Adoption Model (CBAM) which are awareness, information, personal concerns, management, consequences, collaboration and refocusing. The demonstrated resonance between CBAM and action research is significant, given the differing orientations of the two models. There is a need however to conduct further studies with larger samples and possibly from diverse areas to further explore the relationship between the Concerns-Based Adoption Model and action research.
- Subject
- action research; concerns-based adoption model; teacher change; policy implementation
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1318395
- Identifier
- uon:23617
- Identifier
- ISSN:1094-429X
- Language
- eng
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