What I learned - Week 1

This week I learned a lot about action research. I learned that it is not the same as typical educational research, and it is much more in depth and overall consuming of the school, whereas regular educational research is more specific to a single classroom. I liked how Sandra Harris, Stacey Edmonson, and Julie Combs show how the process is much like a typical visit to the Doctor, and show the 8 steps to action research in this way (Harris, p. 6).

I believe that action research could be used in my school to better how we adminstrate and teach our students and make them become more successful later in life. While it is true that everyone is different, and that every student learns differently, I believe common ground can be found with most, and that we accomodations can be made with the rest to insure that all students are able to learn. This is, I believe, where action research can really play a major role in our schools.