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Classroom Action Research can be utilitarian medium for educators based on several reason.

How much competent teacher is, after all, students have to improve their ability to expand their
existing knowledge by themselves. There are many advantages of Class Room Action Research
students can achieve as the change-receiver and teacher as the researcher. The first advantage is
ACR supports practitioners’ professional development by assisting them become more proficient
in interpreting and taking advantage of research findings and finally they make their own
research in appropriate time. The second advantage is ACR can be implemented in all areas of
education, start from preschool until seat of learning. The third advantage, based on the need to
solve substantive problem related to learning activities, ACR develops teacher’s skill. This
advantage based on thee point, (1) The growth of the teacher influences the implementation of
ACR, (2) The process of exercising is happened in real situation because it is hand on and mind
on, (3) Through scientific implementation, the product’s result must have value.
Next advantage is CAR benefited as educational innovation that grow from the bottom,
because teachers are the vanguards of educational practices. By CAR teachers will be more
confident to initiate some actions that believed will improvement benefit. The last advantage is
CAR result can be used as output for curriculum development. Curriculum development process
affected by interrelated ideas about nature of education and learning appreciation of the teachers.
CAR can assist teachers to understand empirically the nature of education.
Second, it support the professional development of practitioners by helping them become more
competent in understanding and utilizing research finding and carrying out research themselves
when appropriate.
Fifth, it can be used at all levels and in all areas of education, such as a mean of in-service
training for principals.
CAR have main objectives and additional objectives as described below:
1. The first main objective is to improve and upgrade professional services of
teachers in learning process. This objective can be reached by doing some
reflections to diagnose the condition, then systematically tried some alternatives
learning model which practically and theoretically can solve the problems.
2. The second main objective is to do teacher skill development based on the needs
to solve actual problems related with learning activities. This objective based on
three points, 1) Implementation needs grow from the teachers, 2) exercising
processes happened hand on and mind on, not in artificial situation, 3) the product
resulted hve values, because implemented scientifically.
3. Additional objective is to grow up research milieu in the community of teachers.
Benefits of CAR
1. CAR benefited as educational innovation that grow from the bottom, because
teachers are the vanguards of educational practices. By CAR teachers will be
more confident to initiate some actions that believed will improvement benefit.
2. CAR result can be used as output for curricullum development. Curricullum
development process affected by interrelated ideas about nature of education and
learning appreciation of the theachers. CAR can assist teachers to understand
empirically the nature of education.
3. Improving teacher professionalism and endorse teachers to develop their skills and
knowledges.

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