A handbook for Exploratory Action Research

part of the presentation, both for yourself and colleagues.

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Task 9.3 @
One of the simplest ways of presenting is to do so via a poster presentation. You can prepare a poster in advance, use it 
more than once, and you don’t need to rely on technology! Here are four posters from teachers we have met in this book. 
1. Can you work out who created which one? 
2. Which one do you like most, and why? 
Commentary
We will probably all have different answers to the 
second question, and the variety provides a useful 
insight into how different teachers understand the 
research process. For example, Poster C refers to 
the way action research is often represented as a 
circle (see also 9.5 below) whereas in Poster B the 
research process is represented as a journey.
Poster A.
Poster C.
Poster D.
Poster B.

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Task 9.4 
Choose one of the posters above (A to D). If needed, read 
through the corresponding story again to refresh your 
memory with the details, and then answer the following 
questions, either by making notes, or discussing with
a colleague:
1. What information did this teacher choose to present
in their poster?
2. Where did they decide to use images? Why? 
3. What questions would you ask them after the 
presentation?
4. What would you have done differently in the poster?
As you gain confidence in your presenting skills, and also
in the value of your research for others, you may want to do 
a talk or a workshop at a Teacher Association conference. 
Lorena, a Champion Teacher whose report you read in 
Chapter Two, did that. She presented her research at a 
conference organised by RICELT (Red de Investigador@s 
Chilen@s en ELT: the Network of Chilean ELT Researchers) 
along with other teacher-researchers. You can watch her 
presentation here: 
championteachers.weebly.com/lorena
An alternative or additional way to begin sharing your 
research with others is to use social media. One simple
way to do this is to record yourself presenting your 
research findings on a digital camera or mobile phone,
and then upload this recording to YouTube, Facebook
or other platform. If you’re giving a talk at a conference
or workshop, or even in front of a small group of other 
teachers, why not ask a colleague to record your 
presentation and then upload the recording together
with photographs of your poster?
You can see some examples of online presentations
on the following website:
http://classroombasedresearch.weebly.com/outcomes.html
There are more examples in this Facebook group, and you 
can join it to share your own video:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/teachersresearch/