Before I took this class I felt that in order for a
campus to continue to grow it should be able to grow and adapt to its student
community. I did not know that this
process is technically called action research.
Throughout my short tenure as a teacher, I have practiced this process
on numerous occasions, but not to the extent that we have had to endeavor in
this class. I feel that since taking
this class I am better equipped and prepared to face the changing landscape of
the education environment.
Dr. Arterbuy and Dr. Jenkins weekly videos have been
a great help in understanding the scope of the weekly assignment. These videos have helped me to organize my
thoughts and the direction in which to attack the assignments. I sometimes have aspirations of being at apex
of learning like these men are along with the other professors I have already
come in contact with.
The weekly assignments have helped me a great deal
too in the fact that they have been very hands on and forced me to organize my
thoughts. I have a lot of ideas for
action research and the weekly assignments have helped me to stream line my
approach towards gaining a better understanding of the topics of my
choice. The feedback has been thorough
on these assignments and helped me to understand whether the direction I have
chosen is right or if it needs some tailoring.
I have gained a lot of insight and received tons of
great feedback from my colleagues through the discussion board! There have been a few people on there, in
particularly, that have helped me to gain a better understanding of the weekly
assignments and help me understand some of the academic jargon better through
their own definitions and ideals. I
think that the discussion board is an invaluable topic in the fact that since
this class is 100% on-line it gives people the ability to communicate in a
flexible way for a population that is currently in the middle of their
internships.
I have enjoyed blogging and getting to know other
peoples’ thoughts about their own action research projects. To me, blogging has allowed me to get to know
more of my colleagues on a personal level because of the way some of them have
set up their blogs. This has helped me
to better understand where they are coming from in their action research and
why they think in the fashion they do. Honestly,
many of them have opened my eyes to other areas of school workings that I would
like to research on my own in the future.
This has been a great way to interact with colleagues and also a great
way to network with future school leaders and administrators.
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