After viewing and analyzing each
scholar practitioner interview, and reading chapter two from Dana's Leading with Passion and Knowledge, I realized that action research is and should
be an integral part of improving practices in the educational setting. It should be viewed as a very important tool
that should be utilized not only at the administrational level, but in the
classroom as well. Also, I learned that
it is important to stay current on the latest research articles since they can
become research based strategies that can be implemented within our campuses
with the goal of replicating the same successes. Finally, an important factor when conducting
an action research project is that it must be practical and relevant to your
current campus needs. This will yield
the greatest benefits since it will be of greater interest to the person
conducting the research, and it will actually impact the students that they are
currently serving.
Nice blog. I agree with your idea that action research should be relevant. Also, staying current on issues that need research is surely a must for all administrators.
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Thanks David, I am following your blog now.
DeleteI think that is a great thought about action research being used in the class level as well as the administration level. I think that it can be used on all levels to monitor how we all do things and how we can make changes to do them better or add new things that we may not be doing in the first place.
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