Reflections

The one aspect of this course that resonated with me the most was hearing from the principal, director of research, and the superintendent that are actively involved in action research during the week 2 videos. So many times, ideas or ways of doing things come and go in education. But, hearing from educators who are making action research a prominent part of their practice helped me to realize that this isn’t a fad or phase in education. I really think that because it’s not specific way of doing things, but a way of investigating and evaluating your way of doing things, it’s really a practice that is valuable and here to stay.
The area of action research where I am hoping to learn more is the Implications for Practice piece. Because we’re at the start of the process and haven’t gone through this piece, I wonder if I’ll be able to see the data clearly and determine exactly what the implications for practice are.
I will definitely rely on my site-supervisor to help me see what the data shows and how to illustrate that to all of the stakeholders in the project. I will also rely on the questions outlined by Dana (2009, pgs. 183-184) for principal-researchers regarding Quality Indicator 5: Implications for Learning.