Action Reseaerch PPT For BED
Action Reseaerch PPT For BED
Action Reseaerch PPT For BED
INTRODUCTION TO
CONCEPT OF RESEARCH
Action
Diagnosing
planning
Specifying Action
learning taking
Evaluating
Cont’d
Steps in Planning an AR Project
To Do AoR plan :
1. Select an appropriate area of focus( find a
starting point for AoR).
2. Do situation description and reconnaissance.
Data collection
Data analysis.
3. Develop action strategies, and
4. Determine resources.
Steps in doing AR project
• Find a starting point Initial Reflection
plan Act observe reflect revise plan
Act …
1. Identifying Issue/finding a starting point
for AoR
Possible sources of a starting point for AoR
project:
• experiences of discrepancies,
• Interest,
• Difficulty, and
• Unclear situation.
Cont’d
Activity
1. A teacher experimented with a new form of
assessment of her pupils’ work and carried out
research to improve and refine it.
2. The attitude of parents towards the provision of sex
education.
3. Primary school teachers attitude towards self
contained classroom.
4. Assessing teachers’ effectiveness on the
implementation of the new curriculum
(Discuss on pair basis for 10 mnts & share your
Approaches in choosing a starting point for
AR
A general idea or a starting point for AR:
• should focus on your own practice (Does the
situation comes from my field of experience?
Can I really do something about this?),
• should be within your locus of control
(manageable), don’t choose an issue that is
‘too big’,
• Make sure that your question is answerable,
Cont’d
• Should be something you feel passionate
about,
• Should be something you would like to change
or improve, or better understand practice.
• Relevant(how important is the situation to me
and my professional concern?),
• Should be compatible with the rest of our
activity.
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Phrases used in stating Starting
Points for AoR
• I want to improve…
• I want to learn more about…
• I’m perplexed by…
• Some are unhappy about…
• I’m curious about…
• I have a difficulty..
Starting Points…Cont’d
I want to try…
I want to change…
I’m interested in…
Cont’d
Examples of starting points for AR:
1. When they are doing group work, the students seem to
waste a lot of time. How can I increase the amount of
on-task behavior for pupils engaging in-group work?
2. My pupils are not satisfied with the methods I use to
assess their work. How can I improve assessment
methods with their help?
3. Most parents want to help their children and the
school by supervising homework. What can we do to
make their help more productive?
2. Reconnaissance/learning more about
your issue
This is a step where by a teacher clearly and
critically understand the nature of the problem
to be solved or the issue to be improved.
Describing the facts of the situation,
Explaining the facts of the situation, that is,
• Describe the Who, What, When & Where of
the situation you want to change, improve, or
understand, and
• Explain the Why of the situation.
a) Data collection and analysis
Data collection tools:
Interview,
Focus group discussion,
Diaries,
Document analysis,
Observation,
Questionnaire, etc
Analysis is usually suggested to be done qualitatively
by considering themes developed on the basis of the
research objectives. But AoR requires a mixed
approach!
3. Developing strategies and putting them
into practice
• Action strategies are better courses of actions
which are planned and put into practice by
teachers in order to improve their situation, or
• Experimental solutions to problems the
researcher is investigating
a) Criteria Used in Selecting action
strategies
• Usefulness: how useful is this action strategy
to solve the problem/ improve the situation?
• Practicality: how practical and feasible is this
action strategies?
• Acceptability: will this action strategy be
acceptable to the teachers, pupils and other
concerned bodies?
4. Reflecting on the overall process and
results
• In AR project, reflection occurs before, during
and after the research process. The more
formal reflection, nonetheless, comes at the
final stage to reiterate the process passed and
the results obtained.
• This stage is a learning process you
experienced as a result of completing the AoR
project.
Types of action research
• Individual action research is research
conducted by one teacher or staff member.
• This type of research is conducted to analyze a
specific task.
• The teacher alone performs research by
implementing a group activity for a certain
length of time. After the action is performed,
the teacher analyzes the results, implements
changes, or discards the program if not found
to be helpful.
Collaborative Research
• Collaborative research involves a group of
people researching a specified topic.
• With collaborative research, more than one
person is involved in the implementation of the
new program. Typically, a group of students,
larger than just one class, are tested, and the
results are analyzed.
• Many times collaborative research involves
both teachers and the principal of the school.
• This type of research offers the collaboration of
many people working jointly on one subject.
School-Wide Research
• Action research programs are generally created
from a problem found within an entire school.
When a program is researched for an entire
school, it is called school-wide action research.
• For this type of action research, a school may have
concerns about a school-wide problem. This can
be lack of parental involvement or research to
increase students' performance in a certain subject.
• The entire staff works together through this
research to study the problem, implement changes,
and correct the problem or increase performance.
District-Wide Research