UNIT II: ACTION RESEARCH IN EDUCATION

LESSON 2:
Understanding Action Research Concepts, Processes and Models

Analyze
Choose the AR sample Abstract that you submitted in Lesson 1.
Analyze the components vis-à-vis only one model out of the 3 presented.

Title and Author:

Key Component Action Research Process
I. CONTEXT AND RATIONALE Study Background
II. ACTION RESEARCH QUESTIONS AR Questions
III. PROPOSED INNOVATION, Describe Innovation/Intervention/ Strategy
INTERVENTION STRATEGY
IV. ACTION RESEARCH METHODS Describe Action Research Methods
d. Participants/or other Sources of Data and
Information
e. Data Gathering Methods
f. Data Analysis Plan
V. ACTION RESEARCH WORK PLAN AND Summarize Action Research Work
TIMELINES Plan
VI. COST ESTIMATES Work cost estimate
VII. PLANS FOR DISSEMINATON AND Describe how the results will be
UTILIZATION shared
VIII. REFERENCES Write at least 3 references

Reflect
Reflect on the following questions. Do this in your e-portfolio.

As future teacher, is conducting an Action Research worth doing?

Why?

How can Action Research be useful for every classroom teacher?

LESSON 3:
Matching Problematic Learning Situation with Probable Action

Analyze
Let us try to look into the following scenarios in the daily life of a teacher. This
scenario might also be similar to the class you have observed and noticed.

Scenario A:
Miss Fely is a grade four teacher in a typical elementary school. She has forty
learners in her class. One half of them cannot classify animals into vertebrates and invertebrates.
She has been repeating the same science lesson for two weeks, yet no progress was observed.
This situation has been bothering Miss Fely

Can you identify, Miss Fely`s problem?

Can you find a solution to solve problem?

Give your two suggestions.
a.
b.

What solution can solve Miss Fely`s problem? How?

Are they matched with the problem?

Scenario B:

Sir Ryan teaches in a disadvantaged urban community. Most of his learners

come from families that are disrupted, either with single parents or with their guardian who
stand only as parents. They are deprived of the necessary food, clothing, and shelter.

Can you identify the most probable teaching-learning problems/s in the class of Sir Ryan
a.
b.

Can you propose a solution to solve one of the problems that you have identified?

Reflect
Reflect on the question below. Do this in your e-portfolio

1. After reading the two scenarios given above, how would identifying problematic situations
and finding solutions to these problems help you to become a better teacher?
 UNIT III: THE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

Activity/Observe
Using the pictures and videos posted in your Facebook Group. Answer the following questions:

Learning Environment 1
 What have you noticed of the display in the class bulletin board? What message or theme
dies it convey?
 What makes it attractive to the learners?
 Does it help in the learning process? How?

Learning Environment 2
 If the environment is using a distance delivery of learning through the modules, where is
most likely the learning space of students?
 Can you describe?
 How can you as a teacher help to make such environment conducive for learning?

Analyze
The examples above, describe two contrasting situations. The first shows that the learners
are in the same room or space while in the second, the learners maybe in different learning spaces
like homes, study hubs or in extreme cases parks or under the trees.

As a teacher, in which of the two situations would you prefer to manage for learning?
Choose between Learning Environment 1 or Learning Environment 2.

Explain your choice: Why?

Reflect:
Based on my noticing and analysis, I realized that

Work on My Artifacts
In not less than 300 words, write an essay on the topic: “My Conducive Learning Environment”
LESSON 1:
Enhancing a Face-to-Face Learning Environment

Activity/Observe
Having been exposed to the traditional classrooms in your basic education, it seems that
everything is familiar. However, as teaching-learning theories evolve over time there are changes
that are taking place.

What changes have you noticed in the face-to-face classroom spaces?

Classroom Environment Before Classroom Environment Now

Analyze
1. What do you think brought the changes in the face-to-face learning environment now?

2. From the changes that you identified, choose one that you can do. How will you do it?

LESSON 2:
Making On-Line or Virtual Learning Environment Safe and Conducive

Activity/Observe:
Here are some reminders you should share to your remote learners on a synchronous platform like
google.meet, zoom, MOOCS or any other platforms you are familiar with and are using.

Reflect:
As a future teacher, I feel that online learning environment can be safe if ….

I think that teaching in a virtual learning environment is…..

LESSON 3:
Establishing My Own Classroom Routines and Procedures in a Face-To-
Face/ Remote Learning

Activity/Observe
To ensure that I can carry out/perform my tasks efficiently and effectively in participating
and assisting my cooperating teacher in establishing routines and procedures, in the classroom or
in remote learning, I must be guided by the following questions:

1. How will I gain student attention in the classroom /remote learning?

2. What are the routines and procedures that I need to establish before, during and after my
classes whether on a face-to-face or remote learning?

3. What verbal and nonverbal communication will I use to signal that students need
help/attention in the classroom / remote learning?

4. How must students get/secure the needed work materials and books and others in the
classroom / remote learning?

5. How will students transition to group work and other cooperative activities in the
classroom / remote learning?

6. What procedures must be followed by students who need to attend to personal

necessities in the classroom/online classes?

7. What rules must be set for students who finish task early/ and for those who cannot
complete work on time?

8. What procedures must be observed for tardiness / early dismissals?

9. What procedures must be done when submitting homework / performance tasks in the
classroom / remote learning?

10.What procedures must be employed in movements into and out of the classroom/remote
learning?

Analyze
1. What factors/conditions prompted you to establish those classroom routines and
procedures?

2. Can teaching-learning process improve when imploying classroom routines? Justify your
answer.
Reflect:
What insights have you gained while doing this learning episode?
 UNIT IV: CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT

Activity/Observe:
My Classroom Management Plan
Philosophical Statement

Classroom Rules and Procedures

Teacher-Student Relationships

Schedules and Timeframes

Classroom Structure, Design and Arrangements

Classroom Safety Rules and Procedures

Strategies for Rewards and Consequences

Analyze
Analyze each question and write your answers in your e-portfolio.

1. What elements in your classroom/remote learning management plan were mostly

followed/complied with?

2. What elements in your plan were the most difficult to implement? Why?
Reflect:
What were your realizations after creating and implementing your classroom/remote learning management
plan?

UNIT V: THE INSTRUCTIONAL PLAN AND

ASSESSMENT PROTOCOL

LESSON 1:
Writing My Learning/ Lesson Plans

Activity/Observe :
1. What difficulties did you meet in writing your lesson or learning plans?

2. What were the best feature for improvement of your lesson learning plans?

Analyze :
Analyze the various components of your lesson plans by answering the given matrix. Take
note that you must have provisions to do this lesson on a face-to-face, modular or through online
learning.

Questions Answers
1. How did you arouse students’ interest? What
motivational techniques did you indicate in your
plan?
2. How did you respond to the diverse types of
learners?

2.1. Gender, needs, strengths, interest, and

experiences
2.2. Linguistics, cultural, socio-economic, and
religious backgrounds
2.3. With disabilities, giftedness and talents
2.4. From indigenous people
3. What instructional strategies will you employ in
face to face or in a remote learning delivery for this
lesson? Explain
4. Was the language used appropriate to the level of
the students? Explain your answer briefly.
5. What types and levels of questions did you
formulate? Are they of the higher order thinking
skills (HOTS)? Write two (2) examples.
6. What instructional resources will you use? Why?
Cite the possible online resources that you can utilize
whether done in the classroom or in remote learning?
7. Are your modes of assessment aligned with your
learning outcomes and activities? Cite a specific
example.
8. Will your performance tasks ensure the mastery of
the learning competencies? Explain briefly
9. In a scale of 1-10, How will you rate your learning
plan(s)? Justify your answer.
10.If this lesson is not implemented face-to face,
how are you going to do it remotely?

Reflect:
Why is lesson planning an integral part of the instructional cycle?

LESSON 2:
Delivering My Instruction

Activity/Observe:
Complete the given matrix by using Gange`s Nine Events of Instruction, based on the
lesson plan you have made.

Segments of Learning Events of Instruction Strategies andActivities Learning Resource

Used Materials

Preparation 1. Gaining Attention

2. Inform Learning
Objectives

3. Stimulate Recall of
Prior Learning
Instruction and 4. Present the Content
Practice
5. Provide Learning
Guides
6. Elicit Performance
7. Provide Feedback
Assessment and 8. Assessment
Transfer Performance

9. Enhance Retention

UNIT VI: GRADING AND REPORTING

Analyze:
Answer the following questions. Write your answers in your e-portfolio.

1. What are the teaching implications of the students` test scores and grades?

2. What is the implication of Parent-Teacher Conference?

Reflect:
What personal message do I get from these students’ scores, grades and parents guardian’s Parent-Teacher
Conference attendance and comments?
 UNIT VI: DEVELOPING A RESEARCH ACTION
PLAN AND FINALIZING E-PORTFOLIO

Reflect:
Remember: Reflection is a process of making sense of one`s previous experience.
Please take a look what you do in the classroom and think about why you do it. Recall things that
you have done in the previous segment. You may include your thoughts, feelings, reasoning,
relating and reconstructions about it.

What was your experience in writing the action research plan?

What knowledge, attitude, and skills did you have that helped you accomplish it?

What do you still need to learn and develop in yourself to be skilled teacher-researcher?