Action Research....What does it mean? What is its purpose?
And why do I need to know this information? These are the questions that pop
into my mind when I saw my first assignment for the week. I will be honest I
wasn't so excited about this assignment. But, as I read the information, I was
shocked to see that maybe the grass is not so green on the other side. You know
the dark side (Administrator) side of the educational realm. As teachers, we
are all consumed by the daily needs of our students, parents, and
administrators that we forget that, they too are going through the same issues.
Action Research is sort of a prescription, it diagnoses the issues at hand, and
then analyzes the data that backs up those issues and then devise a way to
correct those issues or at least make some improvements to the diagnosed
problem. The key word is "action" a hands-on approach to get the
problem solved. There are (3) ways to practice action research within the
educational setting and that is through university coursework, many times these
leadership courses embed action research within the course material. Another
area to practice action research is within the superintendent/district
meetings. This is a grand opportunity to put all the principals’ thinking caps
together to come up and formulate questions to a present day problem or
upcoming problem and start coming up with action plan to rectify the situation.
The last avenue to practice those action research skills is through the
leadership teams that are housed within your own school. These individuals will
assist you in decision-making process, sharing problems and possible solutions
that are occurring throughout the school and even sharing responsibilities.
I also learned there is a definite difference between action research and traditional research. And that traditional reseach is not benficial for the educational setting. I know that during my internship, I will be using action research method to assist me on solving issues or at least make some improvements within my school and not just as administrator in training but, as a teacher as well. I know I will need a action research plan for the implementation of a project-based curriculum for the iPad pilot program.
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I also learned there is a definite difference between action research and traditional research. And that traditional reseach is not benficial for the educational setting. I know that during my internship, I will be using action research method to assist me on solving issues or at least make some improvements within my school and not just as administrator in training but, as a teacher as well. I know I will need a action research plan for the implementation of a project-based curriculum for the iPad pilot program.
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