The Main Purpose of Action Research
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The Main Purpose of Action Research
The main purpose of action research is the immediate improvement of practice. Write that on a card and you will not forget it.
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What is the main purpose of action research in a school setting?
The longer version: action research aims to make this teacher’s classroom better, in a specific way, in a short time, on the basis of evidence the teacher collected herself.
A secondary purpose comes free with the first. A teacher who runs an action research cycle becomes a more reflective and more confident professional. She is no longer relying on what the trainer said in college or on what a senior colleague did in 1998. She has her own data about her own classroom.
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Which answer describes a secondary purpose of action research?
The two purposes work together, but exams often ask you to separate them.
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In one line, what is the main purpose of action research?
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The immediate improvement of practice in the teacher’s own classroom. A secondary purpose is the professional growth of the teacher who runs it.
A side-by-side card for revision.
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Main purpose vs secondary purpose.
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Main purpose is immediate improvement of practice. Secondary purpose is teacher growth.
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