A deeper understanding of Action Research
The more I look into the subject of action research, the more excited I am to see my students' improvement, as well as the growth in myself at the end of my journey. I have learned so much in such a short amount of time about the benefits of this type of research; I wonder why I haven't been required to do this before.
In this day and age, teachers and administrators need to be able to analyze data immediately. We need to be able to impact the students we
have today, not three years from now, if we expect to be able to keep up with
the high demands on test scores. We also
need to hold ourselves accountable to more students; it’s not about helping one
student anymore. We can and should do
better than that.
Most importantly, know what is practical
to your students when conducting research so it can be applied to them. This helps keep you interested
in the research, it keeps you focused, and it also allows your students to
benefit from the work you are doing.
Action research requires you to look for change, instead of waiting for it to happen on it's own. And it demands for you to continue to grow as a teacher and a leader for the benefit of your students.
I agree with you that action research is exciting. What I have learned in the past two weeks is that I should keep it simple and work on something that can be tied to student improvement. If I like what I'm doing, I should get a good result, so I'm keeping it interesting.
ReplyDeleteOne of the videos stressed the fact that we have more real time data nowadays, versus having to wait three years for TEA to publish data for us to review.
I agree with needing to conduct constant research to analyze data. I like your approach to making the change to happen instead of waiting around for it to occur.
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