Action Research - Week 2

The second week of the research class has been very informative. During the readings and viewing of the videos, I began to see the importance of action research in the education process. The fact that teachers and administrators can research and solve problems they may be experiencing is necessary for schools to grow. The old way of waiting for research to come from university studies is no longer effective. Each school and its problems are unique and a theory of how to fix a certain problem might not fit that school's situation. The process of "questioning" what your doing and finding better ways to serve your faculty and students should be required by all administrators. Sitting back and waiting for other researchers to bring you the answers is not a responsible way for an effective principal to operate. The discussion board has been awesome because you get to see the topics that other educators find important to "their" situation and how they plan on investigating ways to help their school. I look forward to reading about how others find answers to their problems - you never know, at sometime in you career you might be challenged by the same issues.