1 / 16

Action Research

Action Research. WHAT?. Where?. Who?. Why?. How?. By Cindy,Christy,Diana,Katy,Caren,Michelle,. WHAT?. Action Research History. Traced back to the early works of John Dewey in the 1920s and Kurt Lewin in the 1940s,

zohar
Download Presentation

Action Research

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Action Research WHAT? Where? Who? Why? How? By Cindy,Christy,Diana,Katy,Caren,Michelle,

  2. WHAT? Action Research History • Traced back to the early works of John Dewey in the 1920s and Kurt Lewin in the 1940s, • Stephen Corey and others at Teachers College of Columbia University introduced the term action research to the educational community in 1949. • Corey (1953) defined action research as the process through which practitioners study their own practice to solve their personal practical problems.

  3. Action ResearchPhilosophy • Teacher-as-researcher, • educational reform, • encourages teachers to be collaborators in revising curriculum, • improving their work environment, professionalizing teaching, developing policy. • can be used as an evaluative tool, which can assist in self-evaluation whether the "self" be an individual or an institution. Teacher research has its roots in action research.

  4. What? Who?In COBB County http://www.cobbk12.org/departments/CCSD/CCSDAccountability/researchprocedures.htm For Cobb County go to this website. Look on the right side for “Research Application” then on the next page, “Research Application”.

  5. Who? Major players for Permission: • Principal • Parents • District Office • Resources: • Colleagues • Credible Organizations • Journals • Educational Data Base

  6. Who benefits from teacher research? • teacher researcher • classroom teachers • students • school community • parents • district/ county • administrators • field of educational study

  7. Who incurs the risk? • teacher researcher • students • agency providing funding

  8. How? More about each step.

  9. How…Procedures for Action Research • Step 1 - Identifying issues and developing questions -Your research topic should reflect an issue of importance to you as a teacher • Step 2 - Learning more about your issue -You should read credible journals and study your topic of interest to gain further knowledge. This information will guide the strategies you implement in your research. -Use at least 3 resources. • Step 3 - Developing a strategy for your study -You will need to figure out all of the steps of your strategy. What will you DO? What steps do you need to take before implementing the strategy? This also includes how you will collect data and who will be involved. See: Action Research Project Planner

  10. Procedures (con’t) • Step 4 - Gathering and analyzing data -Once you've identified your interventionstrategy, you will need to think about what overt, observable behaviors you can measure to determine impact. -You will need to gather baseline data in order to compare to the study results. -You will also need to determine a timeline for collecting data. Consider the validity and reliability of your study. • Step 5 - Taking action and sharing your results -Compare results with your original action research question. This is the time to reflect on the results and the process, and how your findings can impact others. • Step 6 – Personal reflection -Think about the action research process.

  11. What…..issues are related to teacher research • Every day class room activities • Reflect on things to improve • Examples: • Writing workshop • Word studies • Readers workshop • Guided Reading • Motivation

  12. Ways to share learning Power Point presentation Grade level meetings Staff development Vertical team meetings School newsletters School websites School-wide meetings Audience Administration Classroom teachers Support staff Specialist teachers Parents District Sharing the Research Project

  13. Who’s involved in designing the research projects? • Individual teachers • Other teachers • Administration • Data administrator

  14. Classroom Classroom based research projects deal with a limited amount of participants centered around a particular topic in a given classroom and is carried out by the individual teacher. School School based research projects would impact the entire school population as it relates to a specific topic and is carried out by the entire school. Classroom Based vs. School Based Research Projects

  15. What…..are differing opinions about Action Research? • “Some educational leaders avoid action research simply saying it isn’t worth the effort” (Glanz 2003). • Lack of time (to many other responsibilities) • Impractical (saying it’s for college professors) • Ignorance (saying they lack the knowledge) • “Research….can contribute enormously to the work of educational leaders” (Glanz 2003). • …”believe that such an undertaking is important” (Glanz 2003).

  16. References ERIC Identifier: ED355205 Publication Date: 1993-03-00 Author: Johnson, Beverly Source: ERIC Clearinghouse on Teacher Education Washington DC. Teacher-As-Researcher. ERIC Digest. Cobb County District Page Glanz, J.(2003). Action research:an educational leader’s guide to school improvement. Norwood, Mass. Christopher- Gordon Publishers,Inc.

More Related