Week 6 Discussion 1 REPONSE to two people
Respond to at least two peers. In your responses, consider
asking questions of your peers about their responses to encourage
further conversation. In your replies, look through the lens of the
lens of the teacher, administrator, or other personnel that was
involved in your study.
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First response
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Action research continuous improvement efforts can show progress
of a school or community organization by those individuals that
“share an interest in a common problem” whether it is a teacher,
parent, and colleague of the teacher or the entire faculty of the
school (Sagor, 2000). Action research is a great tool for teachers
to utilize when a problem occurs within the classroom to come to a
solid, valid answer that will fix the problem. Action research
allows progression in school because it allows for each individual
to focus time and effort on solving the issue that is at hand.
The action research that was implemented in my study improved
the overall student learning, as well as the parent learning within
my classroom. It allowed parents to not compare their children to
other children in the classroom because it allowed the parent more
one on one time to encourage and work with their child. By not
having the one on one time with their child, I noticed the
comparison of developmental milestones from certain parents. Once
the parent had the sit down and expressed what was observed, the
comparison of children decreased tremendously.
My action research study will improve my students learning by
allowing more time to play and have one on one time with
individuals that can observe the child’s milestones. It also helped
the students accomplish more set milestones, that just the basic
number needed in order for the child to reach the developmental
milestones. My study was more focused on the parent rather than the
students learning, however, I did notice a tremendous increase in
the child’s way of playing just by having more interactions at
home, as well as at school. The children were able to accomplish
more milestones than before with the help of their parents and
teachers.
Sagor, R. (2000) Guiding School Improvements with Action
Research. Retrieved from,
http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/100047/chapters/What-Is-Action-Research%C2%A2.aspx
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Second response
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Action Research is the process by which a teacher, leader,
organizer can implement a process by which an organization or a
process will improve, discover and change an organization in a
vital and meaningful way. This change occurs because through plan
activities and procedures for which information is gathered
analyzed, reapplied, recollected then re-analyzed again to produce
a process that will help students learn, receive and reproduce
viable results that can ultimately be viewed by other peers and
professionals as a best practice techniques and methods that will
ultimately yield credibility to the organization in many ways
(Mills, 2014).
Through the process of a designed activity with a focus on a
specific question, Action Research is open to look into with fine
detail how a process works, does not work and provide the
opportunity into altering or revamping a process which appears to
be insufficient for the betterment and progress of an organization.
This action research looks into the apparent need for better
trained ESL teachers who can improve the learning process for
students needing to learn English. The teachers will
implement best practice techniques and methodology that will help
each student learn more efficiently to help them assimilate and
become participating citizens of their community providing an
example for their children who are also learning English in more
conventional school settings. Action Research allows for the
analyzation of vital data from various sources to help triangulate
the issues facing the perceived problems within the
organization.
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