Hey, y’all! Welcome to another fun day in Research Land. It’s like Disney Land, but without the lines…
Today, we look at action research. My hope is that opens some doors and helps you realize some practical possibilities for your future work. On that end, I ask that you do a few things:
1. View the chapter 17 PowerPoint for an overview of the chapter.
2. I’ve embedded a video by one of your textbook authors, Dr. Geoffrey Mills. You know the other one already. 😉 Geoff is a dear friend and wonderful human being and he’s also a top notch expert on action research. The webinar with Geoff begins round the 7 minute mark. You may want to listen to this in bits… A few minutes in the car, a few minutes when you have time… but try to work your way through this because it is as informative of a talk as you’ll find on the subject. Geoff will be available soon for a live Q&A (optional of course) and some of you who find yourselves drawn to action research may really benefit from it.
Finally, I’ve posted a link to the Journal of Teacher Action Research. This is an open source journal that publishes teacher action research. Just browse around… Take a look at some articles that interest you. After that, hop over to the discussion board. I want us to be able to have some open, honest, no-pressure talks over this chapter because if you’re like most previous classes, many of you will end up going this route in your work.
Thanks, y’all! Let me know if you have questions!
ASSIGNMENT:
After viewing all of today’s materials and reading chapter 17, I would like us to have a group conversation of our reactions to this content. I purposefully just want this week to be a conversation. You don’t have to respond to all of these prompts, but these are the things I’d like us to discuss this week:
– Did you find this methodology a bit liberating if you are currently a classroom teacher?
– Do you see the practical implications of this type of work?
– Do you have criticisms for this type of methodology?
In other words, what do you think in general about your new knowledge of teacher action research?
My hope is that this methodology, not with out criticism and limits, begins to open your eyes to practical possibilities. Are you seeing those?
TO ACCESS MY TEXT BOOK LOOK AT THE TWO ATTACHEMNTS LISTED. YOU ARE LOOKING AT CHAPTER 17 AND I AM ADDING TWO OTHER SOURCES FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT.. YOU MUST LOOK AT THE VIDEO ON YOU TUBE AND PROVIDE INFO. ACTIONS RESEARCH 101: RESEARCH AS A TEACHING PRACTICE: REL PACIFIC 9/25/2014
ALSO A WEBSITE : PRACTICAL TEACHERRESEARCH.COM JTAR- JOURNAL OF TEACHER ACTION RESEARCH PLEASE ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN SINGLE SPACE KEEP IT SIMLE NO BIG WORDS NO AI OR PLAGIARIASM I NEED REPORTS AS WELL THANK YOU.. NO OUTSIDE SOURCES…
THE DISCUSSION PARAGRAGHS ARE NO REAL FORMAT AND ONLY REFERENCE PAGE APA STYLE
