In my readings for this week’s assignments, I have learned about the unique opportunities that action research can provide educational practioners.  Action research is a process by which we select a possible problem/concern and develop as strategic plan to address that problem and implement that plan.  In the school setting, there can be so many  problems/concerns like parental involvement, student achievement on standardized test, and what seems to be the buzz word from parents, bullying.  Action research provides us with opportunities to not only look at those problems as they are happening as individuals or collaborative groups, but to use research based practices to try and resolve those problems.    It allows you to change what you are doing to positively impact the situation.   Action research can be used to as a tool to facilitate changes in schools.

I have also learned that as an educator we utilize action research everyday as we provide instruction to your students.   When reading the literature this week, I begin to think about how we address curriculum and instruction and how the process of action research is similar to the cyclical model of the implantation of curriculum.  As educators, you develop, implement, assess, and change curriculum to meet the needs of students.  This process seems to be founded in action research.