The process was long in reviewing the interviews, meeting with my principal on my action research project, reading the articles, identifying nine areas of concern within our school, etc. BUT, I am seeing it all come together. Action Research is a crucial and powerful professional development strategy for teachers and administrators. I get it! What I learned from the pros is:
1) I like Dr. Briseno’s philosophy that you do not have to “reinvent the wheel” every time you have a problem. His simplistic view is encouraging. I like the idea of sharing with others and finding out what they are doing that is successful. I also like analyzing data but the statistics do not always tell the whole story. Dr. Briseno makes it clear that he thinks it is important that his school get to know their kids and become involved in their lives.
2) Dr. Lewis was very practical and effective in
his use of action research. It was
interesting to see how a large district such as Pasadena ISD constantly used
action research to evaluate data and train its teachers. As I learn more about action research I can
see how effective it can be and how necessary it is for a school’s
administration to use action research.
Education and our communities are changing so rapidly that schools must
be able to use data effectively and evaluate its usefulness.
In my research of action research (lol), I found the following website I think you guys might like to read. Enjoy! http://www.aasa.org/content.aspx?id=12826
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