Chapter 5: Choosing the Right Research Questions and Assessment Criteria
Three Criteria for Project LEARN AR Topic
1. It involves an issue that is reachable by the teacher/researcher.
2. It involves moving subject matter, something close to the teacher’s heart.
3. It is something that needs to change.
Sagor’s specific instructions on using implementation strategies:
What: Keep a journal: Doctors can [...]
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February 3, 2009
Guiding School Improvement with Action Research: Chapter 5-6
January 28, 2009
Action Research and Your Organization 1.27.2009
How can action research contribute to your organization?
I am very excited about action research and find that it is perfect for a community such as my work place.
To answer this question I turn to the Three Questions Posed by Action Researchers( as stated by Coghlan and Brannick):
1. What happened? The relating of [...]
January 28, 2009
Action Research and Me 1.27.2009
Reflecting on the readings and your work, talk about how action research can contribute to you professionally.
It’s funny, but I found the Coglin and Brannock text much more helpful than the Sagor test on the merit that the tone of the latter book put me off a bit. Usually it’s the conversational books that connect to my [...]
January 28, 2009
Guiding School Improvement with Action Research: Chapters 1 & 2
Chapter 1: What is action research?
The Action Research Process:
1. Selecting a focus: “What element/s of our practice or what aspect of student learning do we wish to investigate?”
2. Clarifying theories: “What values, beliefs and theoretical perspectives the researchers hold relating to their focus?”
3. Identifying research questions: “Let’s generate personally relevant questions to guide our inquiry”
4. [...]
January 26, 2009
Doing Action Research: Preface and Chapter 1
Action Research Defined by Coghlan and Brannick: An approach to research which aims at both taking action and creating knowledge or theory about that action.
Action research works through a cyclical process of consciously and deliberately: (a) planning; (b) taking action; (c) evaluation the action, leading to further planning and so on. Action research is participative, [...]
