Transcription of ACTION RESEARCH: A TOOL FOR IMPROVING TEACHER …
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A C T I O N R E S E A R C H : A T O O L F O R I M P R O V I N G T E A C H E R Q U A L I T Y A N D C L A S S R O O M P R A C T I C EKatherine A. O Connor, H. Carol Greene, Patricia J. Anderson Department of Curriculum and Instruction, East Carolina University Abstract This paper examines the experiences and insights of 34 graduate students in an elementary education master s degree program as they engaged in an ACTION research project during two required ACTION research courses over a year s span. Data were analyzed according to the following two research questions: 1) What do teachers report as the most difficult parts of the ACTION research process?
Action research is a tool that is used to help teachers and other educators uncover strategies to improve teaching practices (Sagor, 2004); it is a viable and realistic endeavor for all educators. Action research requires teachers to design a study in an area of interest that they would like to carry out in their classrooms or schools.
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