Language Teachers Ask: Am I planning a teaching unit OR planning action research

*Contributing Author: Christine Lechner The ECML (European Centre for Modern Languages) project “Action Research Communities” project brought together university languages teachers from Austria, Iceland, Roumania, UK, Switzerland and Italy with a background in action research and convinced that action research has the potential to contribute to the quality of teaching and learning. We set out: … Continue reading Language Teachers Ask: Am I planning a teaching unit OR planning action research →

Teaching Action Research: Four Guiding Principles

Kathryn Shafer shares guiding principles that support the design of her action research courses. ************************************************* Image by newsong from Pixabay #1. The Teacher/Researcher is a Teacher First My goal is to help teachers conduct research, not make them into researchers. It is important to make sure a teacher keeps instruction of their students the main … Continue reading Teaching Action Research: Four Guiding Principles →

Clarifying Values that Guide Action Research

Contributed by ARNA STAR ARC Member Linda Purrington ************************************************************* Introduction Action Research is value-laden. Values influence what an action researcher is concerned about, what they choose to research, how they go about their research, and how they judge the quality of their research outcomes (McNiff & Whitehead, 2006). For example, an educational leader who values … Continue reading Clarifying Values that Guide Action Research →

Action Research Educators Share Experiences Connecting with Novice Researchers

Read what members of the STAR-ARNA-ARC have to say about teaching action research. Image by chachaoriginal from Pixabay Header: When teaching action research, I connect with students across their entire studies but particularly when they initially begin to define their topics. Being one of the most difficult phases for new action researchers I encourage my … Continue reading Action Research Educators Share Experiences Connecting with Novice Researchers →

Action Research Educators Share Their Most Challenging Experiences

Read what members of the STAR-ARNA-ARC have to say about teaching action research. What the Heck is Action Research? One of the most challenging experiences I had teaching action research occurred in the first year I taught action research in the Educational Leadership Administration and Policy Ed.D. Program at Pepperdine University. It was the first … Continue reading Action Research Educators Share Their Most Challenging Experiences →