[1] “The study of a social situation with a view to improving the quality of action within it” (Elliott 1991)

“The way groups of people can organise the conditions under which they can learn from their own experience.” (Kemmis 1983)

“trying out an idea in practice with a view to improving or changing something, trying to have a real effect on the situation” (Kemmis 1983)

 “Action Research…is about the systematic study of attempts to improve educational practice by groups of participants by means of their own reflection upon the effects of those actions” (Ebbutt 1985)