Theory of Action, revisited

After reading chapter 6 of Richard Sagor's The Action Research Guidebook, I realize the need to revisit my theory of action drawing using the walkthrough suggestions on pages 98-100. First, I have labeled each factor, issue, variable, or relationship as significant: as Sagor describes, this means I "must believe that this factor or relationship exercises a powerful influence over [my] ability to influence the phenomenon under study" and I must also "feel this factor can be significantly influenced by [my] actions" (p. 98). I have labeled these actions with an S. Next, I examined each factor labeled with an S, asking "how confident am I about the workings of this factor, variable, or relationship" (p. 100). Anything that I am uncertain of I've labeled with a U. Things labeled SU should be the main focus of my AR project. This really lessens my load and focuses my research so I can draft my research questions. More on those another time!