Please post your question, quote, and fact here from chapter 18. Also, respond to at least two of your peers' posts and my four questions too.
Questions:
1.) What is the purpose of action research?
2.) Describe the action research design and issues for these designs.
3.) List the steps in an action research design.
4.) List the criteria for evaluating action research report.
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Question: How does using action research solve problems for education and are we as educators constantly in the action of action research?
ReplyDeleteQuote: "Educators aim to improve the practice of education by studying issues or problems they face. Educators reflect about these problems, collect and analyze data, and implement changes based on their findings. In some cases, the research solves a local, practical problem, such as a classroom issue for a teacher. In other situations, the researcher seeks to empower, transform, and emancipate individuals from situations that constrain their self-development and self-determination."
Fact: Action researchers study practical issues that will have immediate benefits for education.
1. Action research designs are systematic procedures done by teachers to gather information about, and improve, the ways their particular educational setting operates, their teaching, and their student learning.
ReplyDelete2. Practical action research, and its purpose is to research a specific school situation with a view toward improving practice. Practical action research involves a small-scale research project, narrowly focuses on a specific problem or issue, and is undertaken by individual teachers or teams within a school or school district. Examples of practical action research studies include:
a. An elementary teacher studies the disruptive behavior of a child in her classroom.
b. A team composed of students, teachers, and parents studies the results of implementing a new math program in the junior high.
c. A community college instructor studies his professional development using technology in teaching.
2. Participatory action research is to improve the quality of people's organizations, communities, and family lives. Participatory action researchers study issues that relate to a need to address social problems that constrain and repress the lives of students and educators.
ReplyDeleteFor example, look at these issues that address social, economic, political, and class problems in our society that may be the focus of a PAR study:
a. Tests that label and stereotype students.
b. Texts that omit important historical persons or events of cultural and ethnic groups.
c. Assessments that serve to confirm student failure rather than learning.
d. K-12 classroom interactions that silence or quiet the voices of minority students.
3. Steps in action research study:
ReplyDeleteStep.1 Determine if action research is the best design to use.
Step 2. Identify a problem to study.
Step 3. Locate resources to help address the problem.
Step 4. Identify information you will need.
Step 5. Implement the data collection.
Step 6. Analyze the data.
Step 7. Develop a plan for action.
Step 8. Implement the plan and reflect.
4. Criteria for evaluating an action research report:
1. Does the project clearly address a problem or issue in practice that needs to be solved?
2. Did the action researcher collect sufficient data to help address the problem?
3. Did the action researcher collaborate with others during the study? Was there respect for all collaborators?
4. Did the plan of action advanced by the researcher build logically from the data?
5. Is there evidentce that the plan of action contributed to the researcher's reflection as a professional?
6. Has the research enhanced the lives of participants by empowering them, changing them, or providing them with new understandings?
7. Did the action research actually lead to a change or did a solution to a problem make a difference?
8. Did the author report the action research to audiences who might use the information?
1.) What is the purpose of action research?
ReplyDeleteA:
The purpose of action reserch is to seek the solution for the problem in action.
2.) Describe the action research design and issues for these designs.
A:
Action research designs are systematic procedures done by teachers 9or other individuals in an eduucational setting0 to gather infrmation about, and subsequently improve, the was their particular educational setting operates, their teaching, and their studying issues or problems they face (Ceswell, 2008).
3.) List the steps in an action research design.
A:
1. Determine if action research is the bet design to use.
2. Identify a problem to study.
3. Locate resources to help address the problem.
4. Identify infomation you will need.
5. Implement th data collction.
6. nalyzethe data.
7. Develop a plan for action.
7. Implement th plan and reflect.
4.) List the criteria for evaluating action research report.
A:
1. Does the project clearly address a problem or issue in practice that needs to be solved?
2. Didthe action researcher collect suficient data to help address the problem?
3. Did the action researcher collaborate with other during the study? Was there respect for all collaborators?
4. Dis the plan of action advanced by the researcher build logically form the data?
5.Is there evidence that the plan of action contributed to the researcher's reflection as a professional?
6. Has the research enhanced thelives of participants by empowering them, changing them, or providing them with new understanding?
7. Did the action research actually lead to a change or did a solution to a problm make a difference?
8. Did the author report the action research to audiences who might use the information?
Fact, "There are three stages to develop th action research: identification of process for addressing educational issues, practicing the solution, and the group who is responsible to the change in research."
Quote, "In fact, the scope of action research provides a means for teachers or educators in the schools to improve their practices of taking action and to do so by participating in researc (Creswell, 2008, p. 597)."
Question, " What is the differences between mixed method and action research?"
Prueska,
ReplyDeleteGood question! In doing my literature reviews I've looked at some action research books and they seem to try new solutions to problems, for example, a discipline problem in the classroom.
1. Mixed method designs is the process of collecting, analyzing, and mixing both quantitative and qualitative research and methods in a single study to understand a research problem. You would conduct this when you have both quantitative and qualitative data and both types of data, together, provide a better understanding of your research problem. Another reason might be if you seek to build on the strengths of both quantitative and qualitative data. You also conduct mixed methods study when one type of research is not enough to address the problem.
ReplyDelete2. The steps for conducting a mixed methods study include: a.) determine if mixed methods study is feasible. b.) identify a rationale for mixed methods. c.) identify a data collection strategy that includes priority, sequence, and visualization. d.) develop quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods questions. e.) collect quantitative and qualitative data. f.) analyze data. g.) write the report as a one or two phase study.
3. The types of data for both qualitative and quantitative mixed method research include numeric scores, text data from transcribed interviews, text data transcribed from questionnaires, field notes, text data optically scanned from diaries, journals or letters. Image data from pictures or audiotapes.
4. Does the study employ at least one method associated with quantitative research and one method associated qualitative research? Is it called a mixed methods study? Is there a reason why the author intends to mix methods in a single study? Has the author written research questions for the quantitative and qualitative methods and the mixed methods procedures? Has the author clearly identified the quantitative and qualitative data collection procedures? Is the procedure for data analysis consistent with the type of mixed methods study?
Quote: “One of the most difficult challenges for the mixed methods researcher is how to analyze data collected from qualitative and quantitative research. Pg. 564.
Fact: Readers and those who review mixed methods studies need to know why you are mixing methods.
Question: When using exploratory mixed methods design, should you collect qualitative data first or quantitative data first?
Helen, I like your question. I think we are constantly using action research in the classroom to be able to learn to deal with the daily problems that arise in the class.
ReplyDelete1. Action research designs are systematic procedures done by teachers to gather information about and improve the ways their particular educational setting operates, their teaching, and their student learning.
ReplyDelete2. Practical action research is to research a specific school situation with a view toward improving practice. The problem with this design is that teachers have little time to do research. Participatory action research focuses on social and community orientation and contributes to change in society.
3. Determine if action research is best, identify a problem to study, locate resources to help address the problem, identify information you will need, implement the data collection, analyze the data, develop a plan for action, implement the plan and reflect.
4. Ask these questions:
1. Does the project clearly address a problem?
2. Did the action researcher collect sufficient data?
3. Did the action researcher collaborate with others during the study?
4. Did the plan of action advanced by the researcher build logically from the data?
5. Is there evidence that the plan of action contributed to the researcher's reflection as a professional?
6. Has the research enhanced the lives of participants?
7. Did the action research actually lead to a change or did a solution to a problem make a difference?
8. Did the author report the action research to audiences who might use the information?
Quote:
Action researchers collaborate with others, often involving co-particapnts in the research
Question:
Would you use this type of design to bring about curriculum changes as well?
Fact:
Action researchers collaborate with others, often involving co-particapnts in the research"
some critics view it as an informal process of research, conducted by teachers and other educators who are not formal academic researchers.
Helen,
ReplyDeleteI would agree on your question. I feel like we are always in a state of action research as teachers.
Prueska,
I like your question! I think that if our action research had both qualitative and quantitative data then yes it would be bother mixed method and action research. I hadn't thought of that before! Good QUESTION!
Becky
1.) What is the purpose of action research?
ReplyDeleteA) The purpose of action research is for teachers to gather information about, and subsequently improve, the way their particular educational setting operates, their teaching, and their student learning. (Page 597)
2.) Describe the action research design and issues for these designs.
A) “Educators aim to improve the practice of education by studying issues or problems they face. They reflect about these problems, collect and analyze data, and implement changes based on their findings. Some of these issues would be: difficulties facing part-time faculty, ascertaining whither problem-based learning is superior to the traditional lecture, or discovering how literacy in writing emerges for first-grade students on their own practices. (Page 597)
3.) List the steps in an action research design.
ReplyDeleteA) The steps in an action research design are:
1. Determine if action research is the best design to use.
2. Identify a problem to study
3. Locate resources to help address the problem
4. Identify information you will need
5. Implement the data collection
6. Analyze the data
7. Develop a plan for action
8. Implement the plan and reflect
(Page 609- 612)
4.) List the criteria for evaluating action research report.
A) The criteria for evaluating action research report are:
* Does the project clearly address a problem or issue in practice that needs to be solved?
* Did the action researcher collect sufficient data to help address the problem?
* Did the action researcher collaborate with others during the study? Was there respect for all collaborators?
* Did the plan of action advanced by the researcher build logically from the data?
*Is there evidence that the place of action contributed to the researcher’s reflection as a professional?
* Has the research enhanced the lives of participants by empowering them, changing them, or providing them with new understanding? (Page 612)
* Did the action research actually lead to a change or did the solution to the problem make a difference?
* Did the author report the action research to audiences who might use the information?
QUESTION: I’m wondering what makes this so informal?
ReplyDeleteQUOTE: “Unlike traditional research that investigators report in journal and book publications, action researchers report their research to educators, who can then immediately use the results. Action researchers often engage in sharing reports with local schools, community, and educational personnel. Although action researchers publish in scholarly journals, they are typically more interested in sharing the information locally with individuals who can promote change or enact plans within their classroom or building.” (Page 609)
FACT: “Action research is an informal process of research in which educators engage in a study of their own practices.” (Page 615)
Matt,
ReplyDeleteGood question. I like this idea of having the means of research that can be immediately applied to improve education in our schools.
Practicing is similar to action reseach, but most different. We teach is more rutine. When do research, we gather infrtion and setup the experiment. We don't do experiment everyday with our students. After the theory has been proved, we use it in our practice.
ReplyDeleteHelen,
ReplyDeleteYou are basically doing action research whether or not you call it that.
Keep up the good work!
Matt,
ReplyDeleteFor mixed methods, what matters is your research question(s). I would say that may shape whether you do qualitative or quantitative first. It depends on what you are doing. A lot of times, researchers might start with the qualitative part and see if the common themes lead them into questions for the quantitative part in order to answer those questions. At times, researchers start with two related research questions such as one about the meaning(s) of some topic, trend, or issue for the qualitative part and a null hypothesis to test with quantitative data on the same issue or topic. Then, they may go about answering both of the research questions, and in that case, it would not matter if they started with one or the other. They might do a pre-test for the quantitative data and interviews about the same time. Then, at the end, they might do the post-test and another interview too. Does that make sense?
Keep up the good work!
Keep up the good work!
Rebecca,
ReplyDeleteIt does not have to be informal. The action research I have seen (that has went through the IRB process and has been presented) has been formal. Since teachers do this without knowing that they are doing action research at times, I think that is why it could be labeled as "informal" research. Also, if you are not presenting it to an audience or for publication, it could be considered informal.
Keep up the good work!
Jessica,
ReplyDeleteIt could bring about change in your school.
YES!
Keep up the good work!
Class,
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work!