Why Action Research?
When I began this course, I have never heard the term “action
research”. After reading the texts, and
working a little “Google magic”, I feel I have a better understanding and an educational
connection to the term. I have had an
epiphany during this first week of study. I never realized that there was an entire
cycle and world of research based education that was used to make decisions. I
am very familiar with Fichtman-Dana’s
term “transmissive mode” (2009, p. 4). Most of the staff development trainings I have
attend the last few years have been modeled in this way; this is the way to do
it, it will increase learning, so just
do it. After research Fichtman-Dana’s
book, Leading with Passion and Knowledge,
I now know there is a research based world of implementing new educational
strategies. Turning educators into
problem solvers, just as I teach my students, is the most beneficial to the
whole. Allowing yourself to learn from others successes and mistakes, allow you
to save time when implementing new programs and strategies. I am also accepting
of action research because it takes less time to research others work than to
try a new strategy for a year and realize it was not right for your campus. In
the little research I have done to begin my own Action Research Project, I am
learning that articles list new programs step by step, so I can fully
understand if that would be right for my school. Having to come up the answer is the hardest
part of the action research for me. Once
the question or questions are posed, all one needs to do is seek educational articles
to aid in answering the questions at hand.
The article, in hand with your research and feedback gives you enough knowledge
to make an informed decision for your campus.
references
Dana,
Nancy Fichtman (2009). Leading with
Passion and Knowledge: The Principal as the Action Researcher. Thousand
Oaks, CA: Corwin Press
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