Dr
Mike
Calvert
and
Dr
Margaret
Wood
have
just
returned
from
Doha
where
they
have
been
conducting
an
evaluation
of
the
action
research
initiatives which Professor
Jean
McNiff
and
her
teaching
team
have
been
engaged
in
since
the
Autumn.
The
work
was
commissioned
by
Tribal,
a
large
organisation
with
an
international
profile
in
providing
training
and
the
overall
project
was
funded
by
the
Supreme
Education
Council
of
Qatar.
Qatar
aspires
to a
worldclass
education
system
and
have
identified
action
research
as a
key
driver
in
their
staff
development
programmes.
Mike
and
Margaret
visited
primary
and
secondary
schools
and
talked
to
the
participating
teachers,
attended
a
SEN
workshop,
interviewed
the
teaching
team
and
reviewed
the
teaching
materials
including
the
VLE.
The
action
research
is
not
currently
accredited
and
one
possible
future
direction
might
be
the
accreditation
of
the
teachers'
work
at M
level.
It
is
clear
that
the
level
of
engagement
of
many
of
the
teachers
is
extremely
high
and
they
welcome
the
opportunity
to
have
a
voice
and
for
that
voice
to
be
heard
through
their
research.
Some
of
the
teachers
are
very
capable
of
performing
at M
level
and
this
offers
an
exciting
opportunity
for
teachers
to
develop
without
having
to
leave
the
country
to
achieve
a
Masters.