action research in education 2011

Action research in education

Hery Yanto TheUniversity of Hawaii at Manoa, USAThe Global Education Conference

November 16, 2011

Agenda

Research & educational practice

Why action research?

Action research & the global persepective

My personal experiences & insight

Closing notes – Q&A

The quality of education

Research

Educational Practice

International

National

Local

Educational Practice

Identify

ProblemsAssessment

NeedsEvaluation

Program

STUDENTS SUCCESS- STUDY

- JOB- SOCIETY

Constrain - Research

Work load

Money

Time

Action research(research – job)

Evalu

ate

CourseTestInstructionalParticipationEngagementEtc.

Desi

gn

CourseTestInstructionalParticipationEngagementEtc.

Imp

rove

CourseTestInstructionalParticipationEngagementEtc.

Individual project

Collaborative

The global perspective of education

Global Educati

on

system

Holistic Cross

cultural

Connection – Collaboration

Action research & Global education

Group works

Collaboration

Cross cultural understanding

Community of practice

Example #1

Educational standard

• International• National• Local/

Province• School

Curriculum development

• Focus group• Team work• Survey• Test drive• Disseminatio

n• Evaluation• Implementati

on

Local based curriculum

course• The school

competitive advantage

• Local problem – Ethnicities

• Teachers – Students

• School program

Example #2

Open access learning• Distance & online

learning• International/

global program (English academic writing)

Design & Implementation – Pilot project 1• Design the course• Feedback from

colleagues• Pilot the

implementation• Feedback from

participants

Evaluation & RedesignPilot project 2• Under

development• Accommodate

participants needs and feedbacks

Closing notes

O Long term goal – assurance quality: students success

O Students success: * Get jobs * Active participate on their community * Be able to take a chance on global participation

O Teachers & faculty members relate their professional tasks with quality research

Contact informationHery Yanto TheUniversity of Hawaii at ManoaEmail:herythe@hotmail.co.ukhery@hawaii.eduTwitter & Skype: herytheWizIQ: http://www.wiziq.com/uhmherytheLinkedln: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Hery/The