FIELD STUDY 2

Learning Episode 2
Embedding Action Research for Reflective Teaching
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Name of FS Student: _________________________________ Date: _____________________________________

Course/Year/Group: _____________________________ Cooperating School: _________________________
Resource Teacher: _______________________________ Signature: _________________________________

MY TARGET
At the end of this learning Episode, I must be able to:
 Be familiar about action research as a reflective teacher.
 Underscore the importance of doing action research

Making a List of Completed Action Research Titles by Teachers in the Field

1. Make a library or on-line search of the different completed action research titles conducted by Teachers.
2. Enter the list in the matrix similar to the one below
3. Submit your list of five (5) Titles of completed action research studies to your mentor as reference.

Inventory of Sample Action Research Conducted by Teachers

List of Completed Action Research Titles Author/Authors

Ex. Differentiated Instruction in Teaching English for Mary Joy Olicia
Grade Four Class

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NOTICE

Base on your activity on making a list of completed action research titles, let’s find out what have you noticed by
answering the following questions.

Questions
1. What have you noticed about the action
research titles? Do the action research (AR) titles
imply problems to be solved? Yes___No__
If YES, identify the problems from the title you
have given. Answer in the space provided.
My Answer
1.Identified problem to be solved in title no.1
2.Identified problem to be solved in title no.2
3. Identified problem to be solved in title no. 3
4. Identified problem to be solved in title no.4
5. Identified problem to be solved in title no. 5

2. What interpretation about action research can Title of the Action Research:
you make out of your answer in Question No.1
3. Write the Title and your interpretation of the ________________________________________________
 study from the title.
4. What do you think did the author/s do with the
identified problem as presented in their titles?
ANALYZE
Let us continue to examine and analyze what you have noticed and interpreted in the previous activity.
Key Questions
1.From what source do you think, did the authors identify
the problems of their action research?
2. What do you think is the teacher’s intention in
conducting the action research?
3. What benefit do you get as a student in FS 2 in
understanding and doing action research?
4. In what ways, can you assist your mentor in his/her
Action Research Activity?
I think the author/s……..
My Answer
Choose from the options given. You may check more than
one answer
Choices:
______Copied from research books
______From daily observation of their teaching practice
______From difficulties they observed of their learners.
______From their own personal experience
______From the told experiences of their co–teachers.
Choices:
______To find a solution to the problematic situation
______To comply with the requirement of the principal
______To improve teaching practice
______To try out something, it works
Choices:
______Prepare me for my future job
______Get good grades in the Course
______Learn and practice being an action researcher
______Improve my teaching practice
______Exposure to the realities in the teaching
profession
______Become a better teacher everyday
Choices:
_____By co-researching with my mentor
_____By assisting in the design of the intervention
_____By assisting in the implementation of the AR
_____By just watching what is being done
 REFLECT

Based on the readings you made and the previous activities that you have done,

1. What significant ideas or concepts have you learned about action research?

I learned that_____________________________________________________________________

2.Have you realized that there is a need to be an action researcher as a future teacher?

Yes___No___. If yes, complete the sentence below.

I realized that_____________________________________________________________________

Write Action Research Prompts

OBSERVE

From what teaching principles of theories can this problem be anchored?

I have observed and noticed that Action Research begins with a problem or problematic situation.
Write an example of a problematic situation that you have observed and noticed.

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REFLECT

What have I realized? What do I hope to achieve?

I realized that for every teaching learning problem, there is a solution.

Write a probable solution to the problematic situation

above_____________________________________________________________________________________________
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PLAN

What strategies, activities, and innovations can I employ to improve the situation or solve the problem?

As a future action researcher I can plan for an appropriate intervention

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ACT

If I conduct or implement my plan, what can be its title?

If will implement my doable plan in the future, my title would

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