I have learned that action research is when educational practitioners engage in the process of purposeful study of ones own daily activities and/or practices in the educational setting. After careful study has been given to the activities and/or practices, the practitioner is to take an active role in changing whatever needs changing as a result of their studies.
This type of research would be very beneficial to me as an educator. Action research can help to improve my classroom by causing me to reflect on classroom management, instruction, and/or other classroom issues that come up. Classroom instruction would probably be one of the things that I would want to research on a periodic or yearly basis. After each year, it should become a habit to reflect on what worked well, what could have been done better, where could improvements be made, and how should it all get done. Collaborating with other teachers would most definitely be of great use. More than one brain working to get things done is always better than one.
Another use for this research style would be for when I am serving in a leadership role where it would be my duty lead and make changes within an organization. I know that this course and research type is primarily used for the educational setting, but I have noticed that action research can be of useful outside the education sector as well. I would like to explore how action research could be used in that way.
Reference:
Dana, N.F. (2009). Leading with passion and knowledge: The principal as action researcher. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
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