Changes in the Culture of Teaching and Learning and Implications for Action Research

Abstract

Action research has become an International movement in a relatively short time, In this paper I want to show that action research is a correlate to changes in the culture of teaching and learning which in themselves are answers to global changes in industrialised societies. I shall first describe two generic social developments: increasing complexity and growing individualisation. They produce some of the basic challenges for the future of education which are described in the second section. Third, I want to sketch and illustrate some of the elements of a developing educational culture. In this framework I want to show that action research is a necessary development to assist teachers and schools in coping with dynamic developments, divergent demands and complex practical situations. © 1994, Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. All rights reserved.