Week 4 assignment for class EDU 695 MAED Capstone

Running Head: ACTION RESEARCH STUDY 1

ACTION RESEARCH STUDY 4

Action Research Study

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ACTION RESEARCH STUDY

Introduction

Education is the key to ensuring that a nation will have a bright future and it certainly has many goals and objective of any government or institution is to ensure that the education system is efficient. For this reason a number of researches are always conducted either to improve something within the education system or correct an issue. My research was on how general education creativity and enhancement can be improved in schools (O'Brien, 2001).

Part 1

The purpose of my study is to show a different side of education, in that it does not have to be too much formal, there should be ways to make use of the talents students have to enhance their creativity and improve their talents. The key terms in this research take account of creativity, and enhancement. The research questions included;

· How can creativity be enhanced in schools?

· Do students in schools value creativity?

The answers to these questions revealed that currently creativity is low in schools and this is because students do not have time to think and meditate on the things they are taught. They are always with teachers in class then after that, they are on their other businesses. In order to enhance creativity, learning should take a slightly different approach, where students do not have to heavily rely on teachers. They should learn through discussions and relate what they learn to real issues in life and when they meet a barricade then the teacher should take over from there.

A few modifications to this research would be actually finding out whether extra-curricular and co-curricular activities are well designed to improve the creativity of students. This study is important to school and students and this is because life has many challenges. The challenges faced by our parents are not the same as those we might face and therefore, students must be equipped with skills such as creative and critical thinking to help them make proper decisions. Also creativity will prompt students to come up with better ways of leading this nation in future as the goals of education dictate.

Part 2

Week three assignment was a rather difficult task but not impossible. A number of challenges stood on my way and one by one I solved in order to achieve the objectives of the assignment. Some of the challenges included;

· Finding the appropriate PowerPoint slides.

· Using the online tool to create a good portfolio was a challenge because it was new to me.

· Creating a good presentation that is not wordy yet still communicates my intentions.

I overcame these challenges by taking my time to understand the main information I needed to present and by reviewing other educational action research studies done by different people I was able to find good format for my portfolio. This assessment promotes learning in various ways as it first seeks to give learners a creative mind. Creative students will always be bright and they will be quick to relate what they learn in class with issues happening in the real world and most importantly implement this knowledge to improve life.

References

O'Brien, R. (2001). Um exame da abordagem metodológica da pesquisa ação [An Overview of the Methodological Approach of Action Research]. In Roberto Richardson (Ed.), Teoria e Prática da Pesquisa Ação [Theory and Practice of Action Research]. João Pessoa, Brazil: Universidade Federal da Paraíba. (English version). Retrieved from,

http://www.web.ca/robrien/papers/arfinal.html#_Toc26184672 on September 9, 2016.

Ação [Theory and Practice of Action Research]. João Pessoa, Brazil: Universidade Federal da Paraíba. (English version). Retrieved from,

http://www.web.ca/robrien/papers/arfinal.html#_Toc26184672 on September 9, 2016.