Week 6 respones to two pleople

Rita Ybarra

Action research continuous improvement efforts can show progress of a school or community organization by those individuals that “share an interest in a common problem” whether it is a teacher, parent, and colleague of the teacher or the entire faculty of the school (Sagor, 2000). Action research is a great tool for teachers to utilize when a problem occurs within the classroom to come to a solid, valid answer that will fix the problem. Action research allows progression in school because it allows for each individual to focus time and effort on solving the issue that is at hand.

The action research that was implemented in my study improved the overall student learning, as well as the parent learning within my classroom. It allowed parents to not compare their children to other children in the classroom because it allowed the parent more one on one time to encourage and work with their child. By not having the one on one time with their child, I noticed the comparison of developmental milestones from certain parents. Once the parent had the sit down and expressed what was observed, the comparison of children decreased tremendously.

My action research study will improve my students learning by allowing more time to play and have one on one time with individuals that can observe the child’s milestones. It also helped the students accomplish more set milestones, that just the basic number needed in order for the child to reach the developmental milestones. My study was more focused on the parent rather than the students learning, however, I did notice a tremendous increase in the child’s way of playing just by having more interactions at home, as well as at school. The children were able to accomplish more milestones than before with the help of their parents and teachers.

Sagor, R. (2000) Guiding School Improvements with Action Research. Retrieved from, http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/100047/chapters/What-Is-Action-Research%C2%A2.aspx

Jesus Sandate

Action Research is the process by which a teacher, leader, organizer can implement a process by which an organization or a process will improve, discover and change an organization in a vital and meaningful way. This change occurs because through plan activities and procedures for which information is gathered analyzed, reapplied, recollected then re-analyzed again to produce a process that will help students learn, receive and reproduce viable results that can ultimately be viewed by other peers and professionals as a best practice techniques and methods that will ultimately yield credibility to the organization in many ways (Mills, 2014).

Through the process of a designed activity with a focus on a specific question, Action Research is open to look into with fine detail how a process works, does not work and provide the opportunity into altering or revamping a process which appears to be insufficient for the betterment and progress of an organization. This action research looks into the apparent need for better trained ESL teachers who can improve the learning process for students needing to learn English.  The teachers will implement best practice techniques and methodology that will help each student learn more efficiently to help them assimilate and become participating citizens of their community providing an example for their children who are also learning English in more conventional school settings. Action Research allows for the analyzation of vital data from various sources to help triangulate the issues facing the perceived problems within the organization.