As part of the formal preparation for my Action Research Project intervention – LAB: Drawing for Design workshop on Wednesday 26th November 2025, I prepared the required documents as shared below:
- Participant Information Sheet
- Participant Consent Form
- Participant Questionnaire
- Participant Feedback & Reflection Form
On reflection, I believe the required discipline and rigour required in the preparation of the formal participant forms for my Action Research Project will directly benefit my future teaching practice in the following ways:
- Improve my ability to communicate clearly, ethically and professionally with students.
- Encourage me to articulate the purpose, processes, and outcomes of my research in accessible language to diverse audiences.
- In turn this will further sharpen how I explain learning activities and expectations in the studio.
- By anticipating students’ perspectives, questions and answers I am more intentional in my lesson planning.
- Deepens my understanding of ethical practice, including informed consent, confidentiality, respect for all diverse voices, and reinforcing a reflective – student-centred approach in my teaching.
Note: With careful consideration for students’ diverse needs; differing prior educational experiences, ability, confidence levels and ESL, I designed the Participant Questionnaire to be a brief and accessible activity to be completed at the start of the workshop to include a range of semi-structured, open-ended and closed questions e.g. rating scales 1-5, yes/no, multiple choice, likert scale and also mixed questions as below.
Note: As per standard studio teaching practice I also prepared a Studio Register and Focus Group Sign-Up Form – for students interested in being involved in shaping potential future cyclical iterations of the workshop model as per the Action Research Cycle (McNiff & Whitehead, 2009).
Participant Information Sheet, link below:
Participant Consent Form link below:
Participant Questionnaire, link below:
Participant Feedback & Reflection Form, link below:
References
McNiff, J. & Whitehead, J. (2009) Doing & Writing Action Research. London: Sage Publications Ltd.