Describes how one high school implemented schoolwide action research teams as a comprehensive change management strategy to develop teacher leaders, teachers as change agents, and a collaborative reflective culture. The three-year case study showed that work on action research teams did not come naturally or easily, but teachers improved over time…

Discusses the role of teachers as researchers. Includes personal reflections on participation as a teacher researcher, observations as a teaching administrator conducting doctoral research in the classroom, and personal viewpoints as a state visual and performing arts supervisor. Considers the relationship between classroom research and the…

A high school teacher researched the use of journals with art students. The teacher describes the research, obstacles, and redirection, noting that though students were not enthusiastic about journals in art class, many admitted that writing helped with their art. The research project improved communication between her and her students. (SM)

This middle and high school vocational education teacher examined why his students were not following written directions. He used three styles of instruction and observed students' ability to complete tasks. Student interviews indicated that students had vocabulary deficiencies (both technical and everyday words), and that illustrations helped…

This article describes an alternative methodology for conducting research that is intended to bring about institutional change. This process involves developing deeper awareness among faculty members, administrators, or counselors, of a problem that exists in their local context. In some instances these individuals may be unaware that the problem…

Presents quantitative and qualitative data from a study involving a university, school districts and teacher candidates. Preservice-inservice dyads were taught how to use action research to examine, analyze, and reflect upon their teaching. Results indicated general acceptance by both new and experienced teachers, with developmental differences…

Foreign language (FL) teachers, like most other teachers, are increasingly likely to experience conflict in their classrooms, which makes language teaching--an enormously complex process--yet more demanding. FL teachers need to know practical approaches to conflict prevention and resolution that are compatible with effective learning, but they…

Action research is defined as systematic classroom-based inquiry to solve teacher-perceived problems. It has been a component of education, particularly professional staff development, for the past century under several names although geography educators in the United States have rarely used it for this, or any other, purpose. This paper reviews…

This article presents an action research conducted by a group of teachers comparing multiage with same-age interactions of children, especially among toddlers. The research involving 31 children ranging in age from two through five-and-a-half was conducted under optimal conditions, with small groups, low teacher-child ratios, and highly trained…

This handbook shows how the curriculum can be improved through action research and that teachers and other practitioners are best placed to conduct such research. Chapter 1 explores that historical and philosophical foundations of the action research movement. Chapter 2 discusses the teacher as researcher and professional, and offers criteria for…

The purpose of this monograph is to heighten awareness about action research for both teachers and administrators involved in California middle level reform efforts. This approach to educational research is a means of developing knowledge through collaboration in a process that improves both student learning and professional autonomy. The…

This paper examines the role of teachers and their relationship with university researchers in collaborative educational research. Three models of collaboration are examined, literature on collaborations is reviewed, and preliminary findings regarding the effectiveness of an alternative collaborative model are presented. A review of reports on…

This report on action research projects conducted by student teachers as a part of their preservice teacher preparation program focuses on how action research improves the understanding of educational practices by the practitioner-researchers themselves. Two major topics are discussed. First, specific types of claims about the impact of action…

Discusses content area concerns for secondary teachers. Presents two ideas to help teachers build the bridge from research findings to content classrooms: (1) an inservice plan that specifically teaches content teachers strategies which they, in turn, can use with students; and (2) the use of action research in the classroom. (JD)

One teacher researcher recently completed a Ph.D. in education through "practitioner" research; that is, research in her own classroom. This research examined the talk that unfolded between young adolescent students in the course of everyday classroom activities in her English and Pastoral Care classrooms and in the Technology Studies…