ERIC Number: EJ1438865
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0965-0792
EISSN: EISSN-1747-5074
Building the Comprehensive Educator Research Program: Action Research as a Vehicle for Empowerment, Growth, and Professionalization in K12 Schools
Michelle Vaughan; Tricia Meredith; Agnes Timar; Melissa Mariani; Elisa Calabrese
Educational Action Research, v32 n4 p730-742 2024
This article presents findings from a four-year collaboration focused on building the research capacity of educators at a university laboratory school. The Comprehensive Educator Research Program (CERP) intentionally builds the research capacity of educators, leadership, and counselors throughout the school using action research within their own practice. The foundational principles of the program are reviewed, as well as the roles and responsibilities of the partners involved. Data sources included a survey of the educators involved in the program, reflections from program facilitators, and an analysis of the action research projects and dissemination outcomes from educators across the program. Findings highlight the importance of self-selection of research topics, evolving opportunities for involvement in the research process and layered support structures within and outside the laboratory school. This project has shown that teachers can produce a rigorous amount of classroom and school-based research that includes data that has historically been left out of many data-informed decisions made in educational research.
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Action Research, Research Projects, Educational Research, Partnerships in Education, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, College Faculty, School Personnel, Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education; Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE) (ED), Jacob K. Javits Gifted and Talented Students Education Program
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: S206A17005