Action Research in schools!

One of my favorite instructors had a quote “In education we often mistake motion for movement"

I both understand and believe this statement. You can not assume that by purely physically moving that that means there have been changes made. As teachers our union may ask for a motion to be made (in other words vote for something) yet this alone does not create movement, it is one of many steps towards movement.In light of Action Research does this make sense to you?

It’s has been proven, action research works the article is one example of the success that can come from it. As teachers we constantly evaluate how, what and why we teach what we teach. We may not evaluate to the level of an action research. Maybe the question is that we should be. It would be great if we could do action research every year in order to positively affect student learning. Is it reasonable to do? That would depend on how much time it takes, how many are involved and how much you focus on. For my teaching this would be very time consuming to do every year. I teach three subjects to ninth through twelfth graders. The population is very transient so it would probably work best to focus on one small area to study over as short of time frame as possible. For other teachers it could be much easier for them to put into action their action research.
I find at times, overwhelmed with the amount of work I already have on my plate. Being a special education teacher action research could really benefit my teaching. Yet I feel as though I don’t have enough time to do everything and through an action research into the mix. Maybe in a couple of years I will have things flowing smoother in my teaching I could work action research into the mix.
There definitely is a place a benefit to both the students and the teacher when action research can be done. In some ways, our school has had outside agencies do the research for us as teachers to do the action. For instance we have been working on reading improvement. The Berc group completed the research to show where our reading needs are. We made the plans and have started putting them into action. Our school district has results from the Berc group that has started the district on plans for action.