Dear friends
Happy Raksha Bandhan wishes for you all.
Today read about Action Research. I would like to share with you all about the characteristics of Action Research. let us reflect on the points and give your feedback.
Action Research is
— a process that improves education in general by
incorporating change
— a process involving educators working together to
improve their own practices
— persuasive and authoritative, since it is done by
teachers for teachers
— collaborative, that is , it is composed of educators
talking and working with other educators in empowering relationships
— is participative, since educators are integral
members- not disinterested outsiders of the research process
— practical and relevant to classroom teachers, since it
allows them direct access to research findings
— developing critical reflection about one’s teaching
— a planned , systematic approach to understand the
learning process
— a process that requires us to test our ideas about
education
— open minded
— a critical analysis of educational places of work
— acyclical process of planning, acting, developing and
reflecting
- · a justification of one’s teaching practices
Action Research is not
— the usual thing that teachers do when thinking about
teaching; it is more systematic and more collaborative
— simply problem solving; it involves the specification
of a problem, the development of something new and critical reflection on its
effectiveness
— done ‘to’ or ‘by’ other people; it is a research done
by particular educators on their own work
·
the
simple implementation of pre determined answers to educational questions; it
explores, discovers and works to find creative solutions to educational
problems
·
conclusive,
the results of action research are neither right or wrong but rather tentative
solutions that are based on observations and other data collection and that
require monitoring and evaluation in order to identify the strengths and
limitations.
·
a
fad; good teaching has always involved the systematic examination of the instructional
process and its effect on student learning. Teachers are always looking for
ways to improve instructional practices and although teachers seldom have
referred to this process of observation, revision and reflection as research,
that is exactly what it is.
