At Walden University, collaborative action research is the process of evaluating professional actions in the classroom by a group of educators.
Collaborative action research improves the professional practices of individual teachers through collective sharing and problem solving.
Students who engage in collaborative action research at Walden University learn how to reflectively analyze self-practices and share ideas with other teachers.
Students learn to utilize research techniques and develop action plans, which can be used to improve teaching methodologies for a community of teachers.
Collaborative action research at Walden University is not group learning or the process of completing a group research project. Rather, it is research conducted by individual education students and then shared with others conducting similar research.