According to the number of participants, educational action research methods can be divided into three types: individual teacher research, group teacher research and cooperative action research. Teachers' personal research is mainly a teaching process in which teachers learn educational theories, purposefully improve educational methods and update educational means according to the problems encountered in practice, and it is also a process of teachers' personal action research.
Teacher group research is mainly an action research organized by the school for some or all teachers; Cooperative action research is mainly a research group composed of teachers, managers and experts, specializing in action research to overcome a certain topic.
The characteristics of educational action research are as follows:
1, research for action, that is, research for action. The purpose of action research is to solve the problems encountered in educational action and improve the efficiency and effect of action.
2, research in action, which is aimed at the process and environment of action research. Its research environment is the field of education and teaching, and it is a field trip organically combined with practical work.
3. Actor research, which is the theme of action research. The actors here refer to the front-line school administrators and teachers, who are veritable actors in educational practice.