Table 3: Logging the shortlisted idea Problem 1 Loneliness amongst older adults in the UK Social Lack of educational resources/infrastructure in Problem 2 developing countries. Innovation Yes (How?) No (Why?) Can they be 'creatively Older adults can become English teachers for the recombined' to young students as this would give the students a address each chance to practice their english speaking skills with other? native speakers of the language. Active Receiving help Offering help (How?) Ageing What is the role of The role of older adults is of teachers, i.e. providers the older adult? of education. In the following sections we will discuss our action research based experimentation with SIFAA aimed at transforming an incremental-physical intervention into a radical-digital one whilst contributing to our understanding of radical-digital interventions as well as the use of SIFAA in their development. Action research Action research the application of fact finding to practical problem ‘is solving with the view to improving the quality of action within it...the focus is on a specific problem in a defined context’ (). Kagan, Burton and Siddiquee see it as an to enquiry’ rather than a particular research method ‘orientation and they argue that in its simplest form, action research aims to combine the understanding, or development of theory, with action and change (). Although action research has been questioned for researchers’ impartiality (), its iterative focus on reflection and action attempts to harness its subjectively objective position as a course to problem solving (). Our research followed the five stages of action research suggested by Susman and Evered () as described below.
Table 3: Logging the shortlisted idea Problem 1 Loneliness amongst older adults in the UK Social Innovation Problem 2 Lack of educational resources/infrastructure in developing countries. Can they be 'creatively recombined' to address each other? Yes (How?) No (Why?) Older adults can become English teachers for the young students as this would give the students a chance to practice their english speaking skills with native speakers of the language. What is the role of the older adult? Receiving help Offering help (How?) Active Ageing The role of older adults is of teachers, i.e. providers of education. In the following sections we will discuss our action research based experimentation with SIFAA aimed at transforming an incremental-physical intervention into a radical-digital one whilst contributing to our understanding of radical-digital interventions as well as the use of SIFAA in their development. Action research Action research ‘is the application of fact finding to practical problem solving with the view to improving the quality of action within it...the focus is on a specific problem in a defined context’ (). Kagan, Burton and Siddiquee see it as an ‘orientation to enquiry’ rather than a particular research method and they argue that in its simplest form, action research aims to combine the understanding, or development of theory, with action and change (). Although action research has been questioned for researchers’ impartiality (), its iterative focus on reflection and action attempts to harness its subjectively objective position as a course to problem solving (). Our research followed the five stages of action research suggested by Susman and Evered () as described below.
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