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die geleentheid gegee om hulleself los te maak van subjektiwiteit en te lei na objektiewe
manier van kyk na dinge (Wilhelm, 1969:75). Giroux (1988:127) beskryf die onderwysers
as ‘transformative intellectuals’ en sê verder:
It is important to stress that teachers must take active responsibility for raising
serious questions about what they teach, how they are to teach, and what the
larger goals are for what they are striving.
Onderwysers wat aksienavorsing toepas, behoort vanweë die deelnemende aard daarvan die
leerlinge en ook hul kollegas saam te neem in die proses van ontwikkeling. Wanneer
onderwysers as navorsers terugstaan om waar te neem, reflekteer hulle nie net op die les nie,
maar op hul eie gedrag. Dit sluit aan by emansipatoriese aksienavorsing wat poog om
bevrydend en demokraties te wees. Hopkins (1985:25) ondersteun hierdie idee deur te sê dat:
“Teachers who engage in their own research are developing their professional judgement and
are moving towards emancipation and autonomy”. Probleemareas in HNKV kan sodoende
aangespreek en in diepte ondersoek word en antwoorde kan verkry word op hierdie probleme
wat steurend op die klaskamerpraktyk van leerkrag inwerk.
Aksienavorsing word soos volg gedefinieer deur die volgende opvoedkundiges: “Action
research is a process of systematic reflection, enquiry and action carried out by individuals
about their own professional practice” (Frost, 2002:15).
“Action research is a term used to describe professionals studying their own practice in order
to improve it” (GTCW, 2002:15).
“Educational action research is an enquiry which is carried out in order to understand, to
evaluate and then to change, in order to improve some educational practice” (Bassey, 1998:
93).
“Action research is … usually described as cyclic, with action and critical reflection taking
place in turn. The reflection is used to review the previous action and plan the next one”
(Dick, 1997:2).
Uit bogenoemde definisies kan afgelei word dat aksienavorsing gesien word as ‘n aksie wat
onderneem word om te evalueer en te verander. Dit word uitgevoer deur individue en
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