Introduction to Action Research (UEF 609)
Term: 2012 - 2013 Academic Year Summer
Schedule
Wed, 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM (6/5/2013 - 7/31/2013) Location: MAIN HL 011
Description
In this introductory course in action research Fellows will design a research project which relates student literacy to one particular subject that they teach. Work on this project will be both collaborative and individual. Fellows will develop an understanding of action research by exploring research paradigms and critiquing other action research projects. The Fellows own research question will involve their own classroom.
Using models of understanding (e.g. Wiggins and McTighe), Fellows will first analyze their own students? work to gain insights into student learning. Second, they will create a draft action research question which will be used as a guide to complete the review of literature that will provide a theoretical and historical framework for the action research project and informs the instructional methodology.