Sunday, April 22, 2012

Week 2 Reflection

After watching the videos of educators being interviewed concerning action research, I had a few thoughts about the overall importance of research and really what we are going to be doing here....

Dr. Chargois said something that struck me, “You never stop learning. If you are green, you're learning, if you're brown you're dying.” In other words, as a teacher or administrator you are a life-long learner, and it is evident in your classroom or school how much of a learner you are. We need to use data to drive our decisions in teacher learning and student learning. Ultimately, research helps provide this data for the decision making process that will be process we use for the rest of our careers.

It is important to be able to interpret research data done from other districts and apply the suggestions to our own situations. I thought it was an important tip to remember that although every district is different, there are still some characteristics that are similar between them. Research performed at others can by utilized by similar campuses- if the data is available for viewing and reflection. We need to keep our research practical and appropriate to our environment.

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