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Educational Action Research
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Using collaborative action research to achieve school-led change within a centralised education system: perspectives from the inside

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Pages 4-21 | Received 21 Jan 2018, Accepted 06 Dec 2018, Published online: 06 Jan 2019
 

ABSTRACT

There are many examples of collaborative action research being used to promote school change. Reflecting on evidence gathered as a result of collaborative inquiry led by a teacher in a primary school in Cyprus over a 3-year period, this paper examines what is involved in using such an approach within a centralised education system. In so doing, it exposes the social and political challenges involved, whilst at the same time throwing light on possibilities for overcoming these problems in order to facilitate school-led change. In this context, frequent staff changes presented particular barriers, and recent increases in migration into the country were seen to add further challenges, whilst at the same time opening up new possibilities for stimulating innovations through collaborative action research.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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