In this first week of class I learned the difference between traditional educational research and action research. Traditional is when you bring in outside experts, which is not the way I like top operate and I do not feel is practical in education today. Action research is where you are involved in every part of the research from diagnosing the problem, data collection, interpreting the data, how to resolve the problem and evaluate the effectiveness; this provides an interactive aspect for the principal, teachers and students. When using action research you are bringing change to the situation as well as ownership to your plan. Again, this is not something that happens in the traditional approach because you have outsiders come in and tell you what’s wrong, which they might not truly understand what the problems are or how to handle them when they are not the ones dealing with it on a daily basis.
I feel that I can use this because I am a hands-on person and being able to take the responsibility of addressing a problems and follow through with the steps to make a change for the better can be rewarding knowing I have made a difference. Also, with bringing in teachers and students to take part it provides for everyone to grow, be motivated and be successful.
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