3.4 Research and Knowledge Creation
Click on the image below to view my video summary of my Action Research project
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During my Research Methods course at McDaniel, I completed an Action Research project with a goal that is highlighted throughout this portfolio: increasing collaboration with classroom teachers. My focus was on this essential question: How can we encourage greater collaboration with the Media Center with the use of digital file sharing tools such as Microsoft OneDrive? Through the action research process, I developed a problem statement, created data collection tools, and worked to ensure validity and reliability. I also created the short video summary that is my artifact for this standard: an Animoto video to be shared with staff.
Often, teachers are overwhelmed by information presented a staff meetings and professional days. This artifact demonstrates strength not only in its evidence based research and data collection, but also in its convenient, sharable format. Action research is essential for meaningful growth and improvement in the media center, but sharing the results with stakeholders is also important. This artifact successfully demonstrates both portions of this standard.
My biggest “aha” moment from completing the action research process for the first time was how closely it is tied to what teachers and teacher librarians do every day! Too often, self-reflection and careful, thoughtful improvements are considered “extras” that need to be added to the long list of everyday tasks an educator performs. This process allowed me to experience how meaningful action research is tied into how we naturally reflect and improve as teachers, and how careful documentation can be a small additional step that makes sharing our results much more powerful.
Often, teachers are overwhelmed by information presented a staff meetings and professional days. This artifact demonstrates strength not only in its evidence based research and data collection, but also in its convenient, sharable format. Action research is essential for meaningful growth and improvement in the media center, but sharing the results with stakeholders is also important. This artifact successfully demonstrates both portions of this standard.
My biggest “aha” moment from completing the action research process for the first time was how closely it is tied to what teachers and teacher librarians do every day! Too often, self-reflection and careful, thoughtful improvements are considered “extras” that need to be added to the long list of everyday tasks an educator performs. This process allowed me to experience how meaningful action research is tied into how we naturally reflect and improve as teachers, and how careful documentation can be a small additional step that makes sharing our results much more powerful.