Practitioner action research is a contextually based process. During this process the teacher-researcher attends to and focuses on possibilities that come to his/her awareness over the course of a study. One implication of such an approach is that the methodologies applied and change-actions introduced evolve as the researcher's insights and the practicalities of the context engender new directions in the research trajectory. Practitioner action researchers 'look out for what might be a useful way forward, and try it out' (McNiff & Whitehead, 2011: 35). The narrative in this chapter reveals ways in which my role as a classroom practitioner allowed me to actively make use of certain opportunities that came along. It will also, however, testify to conflicts I experienced due to the constraining realities of the college context. I acted to work with these constraints towards beneficial outcomes for the students and to develop my own understandings of their motivation to learn in the classroom. I became progressively aware of another implication of an action research approach as the study went on. Particularly if we apply a complexity philosophy, the focus of our investigation is conceived to be in constant interaction with innumerable other 'systems'. It is not sufficient therefore to examine only perceptions surrounding the introduction of change-action. While the inclusion of change-action is a key component of action research that can foster the development of new understandings for all participants, these understandings and potential repercussions will not be limited to the temporal or spatial context of the change-action. Put simply, I was interested in developing my understandings of classroom motivation through all the opportunities I had with these students. The change-actions were only part of the experiences that I shared with this class group in homeroom periods and English lessons. It is also with recognition of action research as a process that the analysis presented in this chapter at each stage of the action research represents those themes that I considered most influential to my understandings and change-action during the research process.