Hi Group,
Today I was going to talk about an article I found: "Improving Teacher-Student Interaction in the EFL CLassroom: An Action Research Report" http://iteslj.org/Articles/Snell-Interaction.html
However, I've decided to talk about action research. I had a class from another university on action research and I must admit that I liked the process for improvement. Action research allows the educator to take an active role in the improvement of thier own classroom. In the process, you select an issue that you want to address, you conduct a literature review, propose a method of experimentation and data gathering. Finally, you review the data and determine the effectiveness of your experience.
It is a great process because it is centered around you and your classroom. You can make it as grand or as small as you feel comfortable with. In the end, you are able to generate a report to give to your administration to show that you have been active towards improvement. I would suggest that everyone try it atleast once and go from there. As we talk about increasing the use of technology in our classroom, we can use it to gater evidence to support our statements.
Ken
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I think you hit on a very important issue here. It's very easy to gather anecdotal evidence as to what works in the classroom and what does not. It is entirely different to weigh data scientifically and actually conduct what amounts to a research study. Formalizing the results into some kind of document can further crystallize thought. Lots of subject area specific scholarly teaching journals exist, either for getting good ideas, or for sharing your own.
http://www.kennesaw.edu/cetl/resources/journals.htm
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