Máirín Glenn, formerly an experienced school teacher and principal, currently works as an education consultant and a co-convenor of Network for Educational Action Research in Ireland (NEARI). Máirín is passionate about educational action research and its transformational power to enhance practice and promote social justice.

Bernie Sullivan is a committed and passionate action researcher with many years of experience as a teacher and as a school principal. Currently, she lectures on a Masters' program in research in practice and is a tutor on a postgraduate school leadership course. She has co-authored several books on action research and is a co-convenor of NEARI.

Mary Roche, formerly a classroom teacher and experienced lecturer in teacher education at both primary and secondary levels, is currently an education consultant and a school adviser. She is a co-convenor of NEARI, author of Developing Children's Critical Thinking through Picturebooks (Routledge, 2015) and co-author of several books on action research.

Caitriona McDonagh is a lecturer of Research in Practice and Research Methodologies. In addition to her writing and research into primary education, she is a co-convenor of NEARI. She holds extensive experience of implementing research in practice as a primary and special education teacher, researcher and teacher educator.

1. Preparation for a research project: what is action research?; 2. Getting started: asking "Why am I concerned or interested?"; 3. Planning a research project; 4. Collecting and using data; 5. Presenting evidence: values as research standards; 6. Generating theory and its significance; 7. Writing up and disseminating: sharing the story of your learning