Action Research is a very thoughtful process that I know will help me personally as a teacher and I hope will help my campus as well. I have learned that this process begins with reflection and making time in our busy days to ponder what is and is not working in our practices and/or our campus and thinking of ways we can study these areas and improve them. Whereas other research studies may involve a third party coming in and conducting the research, action research works with the principal investigator being the teacher or administrator at the campus. As a result, I believe this vested interest in the success of the study will help the resulting actions necessary to improve the problem to actually occur. Many times we find that ideas generated from outsiders are not completely bought into by the campus and as a result, the practices they suggest are not followed through and true change does not occur. However, if our principal were to involve a leadership team in an action research study on our campus that resulted in data that proposed specific changes, I feel that these changes would be accepted and adopted wholeheartedly by our campus. I hope to use action research in my classroom to improve my teaching, student motivation and classroom management practices. In addition, I hope to conduct an action research study that will improve the parent and community involvement on our campus.
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