Action Research - What I Have Learned

What have you learned about action research and how might you be able to use it?

What I have learned about action research so far is that it is probably going to be one of the most valuable tools I have in my bag as an administrator. I can see now that the answers to my questions are not always going to be able to be answered by someone else's study, but by my own research. If I really want to find out how to improve my campus or learn how to work better with those around me, action research will be what I use. I think that in the upcoming school year I will be able to practice this as a teacher in the area of student performance on district science tests. In the past year I found that my students were not grasping the concepts that I was presenting so this year I will be using action research to find out how to make scores improve. I believe that action research will really help me find answers to my inquiry. I also am looking forward to working with my site supervisor, I know that she will be assigning me jobs and I am sure that action research will help me find the answers she is looking for.


How can administrators use blogs?

Well I think they can do what you are doing right now, reading and gaining insight from my findings without having to schedule a meeting or even talk on the phone. Posting information is a quick and easy way for principals to gain insight from each other without having to miss time on their campus. I know that my principal is always going in fifteen different directions so I can assume that she isn't able to sit down and talk with other principals about the current issues of the campus. For her to be able to post her findings or read about a fellow colleagues research is a real convince that would help spread lots of knowledge, without costing a principal valuable time.