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Teacher Action ResearchA Model for Professional Development
Sylwia BielecOctober 14th, 2011
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Plan for the Day
✤ Exploring Action Research
✤ My Research Question
✤ Planning
✤ Resources available to you
What is Action Research?Think, Pair, Share
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Action Research is...
Asking questions
Reflecting
Taking action, doing something
Trying something new and seeing
how it works
Following something over
time
Having a plan
Changing things if they
don’t work
“Action Research is the systematic study of attempts to improve educational practice by groups of participants...
... by means of their own practical actions and by means of their own reflection upon the effects of those actions.”
(Ebbutt, 1985)
“Action Research is a fancy way of saying: let’s study what’s happening in our [classroom] and decide how to make it a better place.”
(Calhoun, 1994)
Why Action Research?
✤ Develops a problem-solving ethos (Sirotnik, 1987; Joyce, 1991)
✤ Encourages the emergence of reflective practitioners
✤ Allows progress to be made on school wide priorities
✤ Builds a professional culture in the educational arena. (Sagor, 2000)
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QuestionWhat is my concern in
my practice?
QuestionWhat is my concern in
my practice?
PlanWhat am I going to do about it?
ActImplement the change or action that you planned
Observe & CollectHow do I find out if I made a
difference? What evidence can I gather to help me decide how it is going, what
happened?
ReflectSo what? What next?
Should I share this information?
QuestionWhat is my concern in
my practice?
PlanWhat am I going to do about it?
ActImplement the change or action that you planned
Observe & CollectHow do I find out if I made a
difference? What evidence can I gather to help me decide how it is going, what
happened?
ReflectSo what? What next?
Should I share this information?
Action Research Spiral - Kemmis (1983)
How do I decide on a focus?
✤ A problem from your classroom
✤ A puzzle or dilemma about the learning of a particular student or group of students
✤ A question you have about your teaching
✤ A situation that has arisen in your classroom
✤ How to develop and support particular learning qualities
(Rigsby, 2005)
How do I define the problem?
(Rigsby, 2005)
Teacher’s First Question or Puzzle
Action Research Version
Version with Hypothesis and
Strategy
How do I define the problem?
(Rigsby, 2005)
Teacher’s First Question or Puzzle
Action Research Version
Version with Hypothesis and
Strategy
How am I going to cope with the wide spread of literacy
levels in my classroom?
What can I do to help my struggling students learn to
read?
What happens when I give my struggling students materials
that are appropriate to their level AND
interests?
How do I define the problem?
Teacher’s First Question or Puzzle
Action Research Version
Version with Hypothesis and
Strategy
My students are using their cel
phones in class and its very distracting.
How can I get my students to focus
more on their schoolwork during
class time?
What happens when I integrate cel phone use strategically into classroom activity to meet learning goals?
Sources of data
Interviews
Portfolios
Diaries
Field Notes
Audio recordings
Photographs
Journals
Samples of student work,
projects, performances
Video recordings
Case studies
Self-assessment
Records - tests, report cards, attendance
Anecdotal records
Checklists
What are you going to do with it?
Data collection needs to be strategic and purposeful.
Ask yourself: How will I know if it’s working?
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References✤ Ferrance, Eileen. (2000). Action Research. found at http://www.lab.brown.edu/pubs/themes_ed/act_research.pdf on October 7th, 2011
✤ Field, Teresa. Action Research. found at http://www.sitesupport.org/actionresearch/index.html on October 7th, 2011
✤ Rigsby, Leo. (2005). Action Research: How is it defined? found at http://gse.gmu.edu/assets/media/tr/ARRigsbyppt.htm on October 7th, 2011
✤ Queen’s University. Action Research: Who, What, Why, So what? found at http://resources.educ.queensu.ca/ar/guide.htm on October 7th, 2011
✤ McNiff, Jean & Whitehead, Jack. (2005). Action Research For Teachers: A practical guide. London, David Fulton Publisher.
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