This case study described how a team of teachers, students, a
parent, and a principal applied action research to study issues in an
alternative school for at-risk students. The literature review indicated that
action research could be used for school renewal, school reform, and
educational change. The purpose of this study was to (1) describe the
action research process followed, (2) study the role of the principal in the
action research process, and (3) observe the interactions of the participants
in an action research team.
A case study methodology and a participant -observer technique was
used in an action research team as the forum for implementing the
process. The researcher in this single case study was the principal of the school. Data collection documents were field notes of the researcher,
journals of the participants, and transcribed notes from interviews of
selected participants. Data was sorted into bins for analysis of recurring
patterns and convergence of themes across different data sources.
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