I was reading Action Research Paves the Way for Continuous Improvement from Journal of Staff Development, Winter 1998, and they had a slightly controversial recommendation.  They said

Invite teachers to read education literature.  There is some debate among those who advocate action research about the need for teachers to read professional literature as part of the research process.  Sagor (1992) feared teachers would not do action research if they first had to read research.  Our findings, however, suggest that when teachers review the literature on their topic and explain what they have learned from that literature, their inquiry is informed by their reading, and they come to consider themselves part of a broader educational community.
 

So the question I have is, if the research isn't intended for teachers, to such an extent that teachers who want to get involved in performing research would be turned off by having to read it, then who exactly is audience for the research?