M3 - Action Research 2300-GPTE-M3-AR
During the course, student teachers will have the opportunity to identify an education problem/puzzle in their teaching practice, make a plan, gather and analyze data as they carry it out, report results, and develop implications for their future teaching.
Course Topics:
AR methodology and research methods
Comparison between teacher reflection and teacher research
Framing the teacher-research cycle?
The five propositions about teacher research (Freeman, 1998)
The five propositions about learners (Allwright &Hanks, 2009)
Who are the participants of the teaching process?
What does it take to involve others into research?
Introduction to Research Journals
Active Listening and how can become an engaged listener
Research questions, puzzles—how do narrow down?
Types of research questions?
Review of the experiences.
Conducting Investigations
Review of the experiences
Narrowing down the initial puzzle
Examples of research questions
How to ask, articulate a puzzle?
Data collection methods in AR
How to include the learner and data collection to include the learners
Data analysis
How to make sense of your data? Writing down research findings and the implications
How to publish PR research
Koordynatorzy przedmiotu
Efekty kształcenia
Knowledge
Students will be familiar with a diversity of approaches to action research
Students will know the necessary steps needed for developing an action research project
Students will know the variety of data collection methods for action research
Skills
Students will be able to identify a research area and research questions
Students will be able to keep an action-research journal of observations
Students will be able use data collection and analysis methods appropriate to AR
Students will be able to analyze the data and articulate the research findings
Students will be able to name some implications for the study
Attitudes
Students will be able to participate in a community of practice as they grow in their understanding of action research,
Students will be able to continuously reflect on their own research project as well as the research project of their peers
Kryteria oceniania
1.Attendance and Participation: Students expecting to receive course credit will need to attend all (or nearly all) classes, work their way through the suggested readings, and complete several assignments. In addition, students are expected to actively participate in class.
2) Weekly Assignments: Assignments will be given each week. Some will be reading/writing assignments, others will require gathering, analyzing, and summarizing data. Occasionally, a quiz will be given in place of a weekly assignment.
3) Class presentation: Each student will be expected to give a 20 minute presentation of their PR. Students are expected to follow the task 2 description.
4) Research Journal: In addition to the Participatory Research Proposal, students are expected to turn in the research journals
Literatura
Allwright, D., Hanks, J. (2008). The Developing Language Learner. An introduction to Exploratory Practice.
Burns, A. (1999). Collaborative Action Research for English Language Teachers. Cambridge University Press.
Delgado-Gaitan, C. (1993). Researching change and changing the researcher. Harvard Educational Review, 63, 389-411.
Freeman, D. (1998). Doing Teacher Research. From Inquiry to Understanding. Newbury House Teacher Development.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4kLZLhxWz
Kemmis, S., & McTaggart, R. (2000). Participatory action research. In N.K. Denzin & Y.S. Lincoln (Eds.), The handbook of qualitative research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, Inc.
Nyden, P., & Wievel, W. (1992). Collaborative research: Harnessing the tensions between researcher and practitioner. The American Sociologist, 23, 43-55.
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