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ACTION RESEARCH

as part of Teacher Professional Development

Presented by: Tran Kim Dung

Quang Tri High School

Dong Ha city, August 2011

SESSION OUTLINE

 What is Action Research?

 Why should we do Action Research?

 Steps in Action Research process

 Samples of Action Research Proposal

 Reflection & Questions

MOET/DOET/EXAM BOARD…

Syllabus Materials/ Resources

Assessments Textbooks

Teachers

• who creates professional knowledge;

• who is a reflective practitioner;

• who is a lifelong learner;

• who continually improves on

the quality of teaching and learning.

A teacher as a professional

Action Research Definition

 Action Research is the act of reflective

planning for school improvement

 It includes analyzing our own situations and professional practices to improve our program

 Action Research is concerned with

changing situations, not just

interpreting them

 Reflect…Analyze…Implement

Action Research History

 Kurt Lewin(1946) credit with

development of concept of action research

 Evolved and influenced by

Kemmis(1983), Ebbutt (1985),

Elliott (1991), Hopkins (1985) and others…

ACTION RESEARCH

is NOT just

writing a research paper

Reasons to do action research

 Help you build a reflective practice based

on proven ideas or techniques

 Allow you to try new ideas and reliably

assess their effectiveness

 It will help you build confidence in your managerial or instructional decisions

 It will contribute to the professional

culture of teaching at your school

 It can create meaningful and lasting

change in order to improve student

achievement

Primary purposes of Action Research

practices

understanding of those practices

those practices are carried out

STEPS IN ACTION RESEARCH PROCESS

Problem / Research Question

Howard & Eckhardt 2004 11

Action Research Spiral

Action Research: Main Steps

1. Problem Identification

 Why do you want to study this topic?

 Is this problem broad enough to allow

for a range of insights and narrow enough to be manageable?

Action Research: Main Steps

2. Plan of Action

 Will you look at your existing practices

or develop and implement a new strategy?

 What data do you need to learn about

your question?

Action Research: Main Steps

3. Data Collection

 What, why, when, where and how will

you collect your data?

 How will you ensure that you have

multiple perspectives?

Action Research: Main Steps

4. Data Analysis

 What can you learn from your data?

 What patterns, insights, and new

understandings can you discover?

Action Research: Main Steps

5. Reflection & Plan for Future

Actions

 What will you do differently in your

class/school as a result of this study?

 How will you write about what you

have learned so that your findings will

be useful to others?

 Reflection Reflection is the bridge between thinking and

acting

Action Research: Main Steps

Action Research: Possible Process

 Identify the Topic

 Brainstorm Topic

 Consider Community, School, and Library

 Develop your Question

 Data Collection

 Analyze the Data

 Develop Timeline and Action Plan

 Share the Results

 Continue the Process

Data Collection Tools

…the major difference between

action research and other research methods is that action research

aims at developing a theory about what works in classrooms

False

 True or False?

…the data collected in action research should be tangible

True

True or False?

…the topic of action research is

derived from issues arising from the application of theory to

practice

True

True or False?

…the results of action research can

be used to alter and improve

professional practice

True

 True or False?

ACTION RESEARCH LOG

ACTION RESEARCH LOG

CONTINUED

A product of Project CENTRAL,

2004 http://www.scps.k12.fl.us/staff_development/Documents/ ACTION%20RESEARCH%20SUMMARY.doc

This methodological approach can then be developed as

an action plan, which can take the form:

1 What is my concern?

2 Why am I concerned?

3 What do I think I can do about the situation?

4 What will I do?

5 How will I show whether I am influencing the situation for

good?

6 How will I produce evidence of my influence?

7 How will I ensure that any claims I make are reasonably fair

and accurate?

8 What will I do then?

Jack Whitehead and Jean Mc Niff

Jack Whitehead at the University of Bath

“Living Educational Theory”

Don’t stop there…

Write an Action Research Paper!

Why?

• The process of writing requires the writer

to clarify meaning.

• The act of putting information on paper

for your peers and teachers necessitates honesty, accuracy, clarity, and thought.

• Research, once written, can be shared

with a wider audience.

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