After watching and listening to the interviews with the three scholars on action research, I realized the tremendous need for inquiry at the campus level. It is through action research that positive change, professional growth, and increased student performance will occur on a given campus. Action research does not have to be a complex process like traditional educational research. All three scholars indicated that action research on their campuses begins with a problem or area of interest. Additionally, there is a growing need for teachers to participate in action research due to the increased accountability pressures.
When choosing a topic for research, you must have a purpose and significance. Your purpose is what you will do or what you will look at. The significance is how the project will benefit others or what will follow the research. These two points are important to identify prior to choosing a topic for research otherwise the research will not have be focused.
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