Module Title Module 1

and Lesson Lesson 1: Understanding Action Research

Title
Introduction This lesson will guide you in understanding content knowledge, pedagogical
knowledge, and curricular knowledge. It will help you analyze the importance of
content knowledge and its application to teaching and learning.
Learning  Discuss the concept of action research;
Outcomes  Discuss the importance of action research to improve teaching and learning;
and
 Analyze action research done in school.
Activity Answer the following questions:

1. Does the school have a research agenda?

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2. What are included in school’s research agenda?
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Analysis Examine the previous action research conducted by the teachers. Supply the
information needed in the table below:

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 Needed Information Data

1. How many action research are

conducted each year?

2. How many teachers are doing

action research?

3. What are the topic of their action

research?

4. How many action research were

published or presented in a
conference?

5. How many action research were

funded by the school or an
outside agency?

Abstraction ACTION RESEARCH

Action research is a process of systematic inquiry into a self-identified teaching or

learning problem to better understand its complex dynamics and to develop strategies
geared toward the problem’s improvement (Hamilton and Zaretsky 1997). It is
disciplined process of inquiry aimed to develop solutions to various issues and
problems related to teaching and learning. It is a technique that guides every teacher
to systematically and critically reflect on different teaching and learning practices.
Specifically, action research is:

 A process of taking scientific action to improve teaching and learning;

 Is typically designed and conducted by teachers who analyze data from their

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 school and classroom experiences to improve their own teaching and learning
practice; and
 A type of applied research in which the teacher-researcher is actively involved
in the process of study.

Action research empowers every teacher to meet all challenges in the teaching
profession related to implementation of the curriculum. It enables teachers to examine
their teaching practices and experiences in relation to an educational theory. In action
research, the teacher is the doer of the action, which means it is the teacher who
plans, develops, and implements the research and at the end, takes informed action
to implement proposes of the study.
Application Conduct an Interview. Ask the following questions:

1. Are you aware of the action research process?

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2. What prompted you conduct action research?
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3. What are your action research topics?
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4. Do you have enough time to conduct action research?
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5. Are there incentives for teachers who conduct action research?
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6. How did action research improve your teaching practices?
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7. How did action research enhance students’ learning?

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8. How did you disseminate the results of your action research?
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Assessment Examine the data you have gathered. Answer the following questions:

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 1. Do the school and the teachers have a research culture?
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2. Are the teachers aware of the process of conducting action research?
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3. How did action research improve the teaching and learning practices in the
school?
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4. What are the things that could be done to encourage the teachers to conduct
action research?
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