Libon Community College

Libon, Albay

Prof. Ed 12- BEED, BECED IV

Module 2- Embedding Action Research for Reflective Teaching

EVELYN C. FERNANDEZ
Instructor
Name of Instructor: EVELYN C. FERNANDEZ
Course and Year: BEED, BECED IV

Title of the Unit/Learning Episode: Module 2 - Prof. Ed 12 (FS 2 -

Participation and Teaching Assistantship)

Embedding Action Research for Reflective Teaching

Intended Learning Outcomes

At the end of the Learning Episode, I must be able to:
1. Be familiar about action research as a reflective teacher.
2. Underscore the importance of doing action research.

PRESENTATION OF TOPICS/CONTENT

Doing Action Research: An Overview

Every teacher is an action researcher. Everyone can do it.

Teachers and students can do it.

This episode focuses on doing action research as one of the roles

of the teacher. Every teacher should take interest to know how students
learn, wants to make innovations in the curriculum and desires to
improve teaching practice. In order to achieve these, a teacher has to
do action research on the everyday practical problems. These
problematic situations and observe discrepancies emerge between
what is intended and what actually occurs in the classroom.
Revisit the Infographic/s

There is a general agreement among action research community that

action research is about ACTION: taking action to improve practice and
RESEARCH: finding things out and coming to a new understanding that
create new knowledge.
Action research is not new. It dates back to the time of John
Dewey in 1920 when he introduced the idea if inquiry. This was followed
by Coller, 1945; Lewin, 1949; Corey, 1953 and may others who came
later. Schon introduced the notion of action research as a habit of
continuing inquiry. Inquiry begins with situations that are problematic,
confusing, uncertain and conflicting, and so does Action Research.

It was Stephen Corey 1953) who defined Action Research as the

process through which practitioners like teachers, study their own
practice to solve their personal professional practical problems. Further
on, John Iliot in 1993 clarified that action research is concerned with
everyday practical problems experienced by the teachers, rather than
the theoretical problems defined by pure researchers.

Action research is grounded on the reality of the school,

classroom, teachers and students. Sometime it is labelled as Teacher
Action Research (TAR) but it is popularly known simply as Action
Research (AR)

Action Research is a process that allows teachers to study their

own classrooms, schools and educational setting in order to understand
them better and to improve their quality and effectiveness. The process
of observation, reflection and inquiry lead to action that makes a
difference in teaching and learning. It bridges doing (practice) and
learning (study) and reflection (inquiry)

Participate and Assist

You must have experienced in you past subject, doing some activities
or accomplishing tasks similar to action research. These are activities
that required you to do Reflections and Make Action or the other way
around. Schon (1987) distinguishes Reflection in Action or Reflection on
Action as two different things

Perhaps your mentor teacher has already done an Action

Research. Now it is the opportunity for you to participate and assist in
ways that you are capable of doing.
Here Is What You Will Do.
A. Making a List of Completed Action Research Titles by Teachers in the
field.
1. Make a library on-line search of the different Completed Action
Research Titles Conducted by Teachers.
2. Enter the list in the matrix similar to the one below.
3. Submit your list of five (5) Titles of Completed Action Research
Studies in your mentor as reference.

Inventory of Sample Action Research Conducted by Teachers

List of Completed Action Author/Authors

Research Titles
Ex. Differentiated Instruction in Mary Joy Olicia
Teaching English for Grade Four
classes.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Congratulations!!! You have done a good job. By doing so, you

have assisted your mentor and together you will journey towards
becoming an action researcher.
B. Notice
Based on your activity on Making a List of Completed Action Research
Titles, let’s find out what you have noticed by answering the following
questions.

Questions My Answer
1. What you have 1. Identified problem to be solved in title
noticed about the no. 1
action research titles?
Do the action
research (AR) titles 2. Identified problem to be solved in title
imply problems to be no. 2
solved? Yes ____
3. Identified problem to be solved in title
No. _______
no. 3
If YES, identify the 4. Identified problem to be solved on title
problems from the no. 4
 title you have given.
5. Identified problem to be solved in title
Answer min the space
no. 5
provided.
2. What interpretation Title of the Action Research:
about action research __________________________
can you make out of
your answer in _______________________ ________
question no. 1? __________________________ ____
3. Write the Title and
From the title. I think, the study
you interpretation of
______________________ . . .
the study from the
title.
4. What do you think I think the authors . . . . . . .
did the author’s do
with the identified
problem as presented
in their titles?
C. Analyze
Action research seems easy and familiar. Since teaching seems to
be full of problematic situations and that the teacher has a responsibility of
finding solution for everyday problems in school, hence teachers should do
action research. This is an exciting part of being a teacher, a problem
solver.
Let us continue to examine and analyse what you have noticed and
interpreted in the previous activity.

Key Questions My Answer

Choose from the option given. You may
check more than one answer.
1. From what source do Choices:
you think, did the ______ Copied from research books.
author identify the ______ From daily observation of their
problems of their teaching practice
action research? ______ From the difficulties they
observed of their learners.
______ From their own personal
experience.
______ From the old experiences of their
co-teachers
2. What do you think is Choices:
the teacher’s intention ______ To find a solution to the
problematic situation.
 in conducting action _______ To comply with the requirement
research? of the principal.
_______ To improve teaching practice.
_______ To try out something, if it works.
_______ To prove oneself as better than
the others.
3. What benefit do you Choices:
get as a student in FS 2 ______ Prepare me for my future job
in understanding and ______ Get good grades in the course
doing action research ______ Learn and practice being an action
researcher
______ Improve my teaching practice
______ Exposure to the realities in the
teaching profession
______ Become a better teacher everyday
4. In what ways can you ______ By co-researching with my mentor
assist your mentor in ______ By assisting in the design of the
his / her Action intervention
Research Activity? ______ By assisting in the implementation
of the AR
______ By just watching what is being
done.

D. Reflect

Based on the reading you made and the previous activities that you
have done.
1. What significant ideas or concepts have you learned about action
research?
I learned that: ________________________________________...

2. Have you realized that there is a need to be an action researcher

as a future teacher?
Yes ______ No ______ If yes complete the sentence below
I realized that: ______________________________________...

E. Write Action Research Prompts

OBSERVE

From what teaching principles of theories can this problem be

anchored?
  I have observed and noticed that Action Research begins with a
problem or a problematic situation.
Write a problematic situation that you have observed and
noticed:
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________

REFLECT
What have I realized? What do I hope to achieve?
I realized that for every teaching learning problem, there is a solution.
Write a problematic solution to the problematic situation above
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
PLAN
What strategies, activities, innovations can I employ to improve the
situation or solve the problem?
 As a future action researcher I can plan for an appropriate
intervention like
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
ACT
If I conduct or implement my plan, what can be its title?
 If will implement my doable plan in the future, my title would be
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________

F. Check for Mastery

Direction: Choose the best answer and justify your choice by at least two
reasons.
1. Every future teacher should do action research because ________
A. It is a requirement for teachers in the field
B. It will improve teaching practice
C. It will add points to teacher’s performance
D. It is a part of the teacher’ standard
2. Spotting a problematic situation in teaching and learning will _______
A. Spark an idea of doing Teacher Action Research
B. Give more confusion to the teacher
 C. Create complexity in everyday teaching
D. Add burden to teacher’s daily routine
3. Which of the following statements motivates a teacher to do the
action research?
A. Any problem that occurs in any class will soon pass.
B. For every teaching-learning problem, there is always a solution.
C. Leave those problematic situations for other teachers to solve.
D. There are more important routines than finding solutions.
4. “Every teacher be an action researcher”. This statement is _________
A. Applicable only for teachers in big schools.
B. Not doable and very idealistic.
C. The call for teachers in the current times.
D. Appropriate for honor graduates
5. Which of the following statement is TRUE?
A. Action research problem is created by the teacher.
B. Noticing helps a teacher spot problematic situation.
C. Much of the teaching time should be spent in action research.
D. Action research is an optional teacher activity.
G. Work on my Artifacts
Your artifact will be an Abstract of a completed action research.
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________

Note: Add more lines to accommodate your responses to the questions.

You can use graphical or visual presentations for your responses but making
sure that they directly answer the questions and justified from related literature.
Acknowledge source of your reference.

References:
Lucas, Maria Rita et al, Field Study-Participation and Teaching
Assistantship
Pawilen, Gregg T. et al, Field Study 2, A Guide for 21st Century
Teachers