STARTING THE CYCLE OF REFLECTION

Action Research in the classroom



Jana Duganzic, Taryn Durrant, Leya Finau, Nicola Firth and Melissa Frank. (2009). Action Research in the Classroom Part 1 Retrieved on May 3, 2010 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDVH0u4tUWo&feature=related

Jana Duganzic, Taryn Durrant, Leya Finau, Nicola Firth and Melissa Frank. (2009). Action Research in the Classroom Part 2 Retrieved on May 3, 2010 from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZHvpgU7pc8&feature=related

Research Design

Chart 1: Research design framework

This project followed the action research method. It is about a systematic reflection on pedagogical practices and, the purpose is to collect data on every day practices and analyzing it with the intention of making decisions that would suggest how our practices could make the pedagogical process fruitful and meaningful, (Wallace, 1998).

The main function of action research is to facilitate the ‘reflective-cycle’, and in this way provides an effective method for improving professional action”.



Action research cycle. [Online image]. Retrieved on March 12, 2001 from http://www.victoria.ac.nz/lals/lwp/master-gfx/lwp-gfx/op2_diagram.gif

Reflection: I think teaching is a process which is shaped through successful or unsuccessful experiences. From these daily practice, it is necessary teachers reflect on the work they perform in the classroom to act and change a given situation; that way reviewing positive and negatives aspects ocurred during a lesson, one can foster the own job when planning what to change.