Monday, January 17, 2011
Action Research EDLD 5301
In this week's assignment I learned about administrative inquiry and action research. Both of these terms refers to an individual or team delving head first into a situation or problem that they feel affects them directly and needs further research to improve upon. This is a new idea that I feel would have enormous, positive impact for administrators. Often, I see administrators rely on consultants to come in and fix a problem that they do not have direct impact on. After the consultants do their inquiry and give a plan, it is often useless then discarded. Many times, the teachers then have had to work on inservice days to formulate the plan that the consultant could not do. The reason for this dilemma is that the consultant was an outsider. Action research is conducted by the ones who will actually benefit from the results so that the ones conducting it often are more careful and deliberate with their study.
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Dana, I like your comment about "delving head first" into a problem. Sometimes we don't want to jump in too quickly, maybe waiting for someone else to resolve the problem or maybe we are afraid that we will make a mistake. I believe action research will result in all parties "delving head first" into finding solutions that will work for all.
ReplyDeleteHi, Dana,
ReplyDeleteYour post on action research is very insightful. I agree that action research puts the ability to solve problems into the hands of the people the problem affects, and I think it is a powerful tool that will help both educators and administrators tackle the unique situations that plague our schools today.