In this week's lesson we read The Passions That Drive Your Journey, from the Dana text, pp. 29 – 68. The lesson introduced us to nine major wondering areas from school leaders. They included:
1. Staff development
2. Curriculum development
3. Individual teacher(s)
4. Individual student(s)
5. School culture/community
6. Leadership
7. Management
8. School performance
9. Social justice or equity issues
We were asked to look at each area and to identify an action research for all of them. We were also asked to describe how the action research might be used in the school. This exercise was rewarding because I used it as a personal set of wonderings for my campus. I tried to personalize each area and to come up with an action research project for each one that I could use at my school. The exercise made me think like a leader and consider some of the issues at my school. All schools could benefit from action research as long as the originators of the research are the people involved in the problem and those who will be involved in the solution.
Lucille,
ReplyDeleteAs always I enjoyed reading your thoughts! I also believe that action research takes us out of our comfort zone and makes us more of an active player. I agree that blogging is very powerful and is only limited by the blogger. This week's exercise had the same effect on me, I did picture myself roaming around my campus and trying to identify issues of interest to me.
Good luck with your project!