Entries Tagged as ‘Richard Sagor’

February 3, 2009

Guiding School Improvement with Action Research: Chapter 5-6

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 [...]

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.    [...]