The Use and Importance of Action Research in Education

In this study, The “Action Research” which enables the teacher to provide reflective evaluation of learning\rmethods, to exchange ideas with stakeholders and to provide diversity, to develop alternative strategies\rand programs to learning strategies, to create the school culture and climate, and to solve a problem\rwith his own resources, has been introduced. The action research, which is one of the scientific research\rmethods that are frequently used in the field of education, is accepted as a general qualitative research\rthat the participation is preliminary, but it is seen that quantitative research methods and techniques\rare also used. The action research, designed and implemented by practitioners, offers new opportunities,\respecially for teachers to solve problems and reflect on it in class, using different assessment techniques\rto improve and improve their work. For this, administrators and teachers need to constantly research\rand evaluate research-based teaching practices used in classrooms to improve student learning. This\rstudy also discusses the historical development, purpose and features of the action research as a research\rmethod, its steps, data collection methods and techniques, its benefits, its use in teaching and examples.