Learning at School: Day 3

Breakout 6: Action Research as Professional Development - some tales from the field Vince Ham

What do I want to get out of this session? Ideas for implementing AR with cluster ICT lead teachers this year.

efellows2009.wikispaces.com (eg Helen Renne-Younger)
www.efellows.org.nz

Ultimate purpose of action research is to improve practice NOT to know something. Sustainability.

Puzzle - around practice, research question, my/our

Process - act/reflect/observe, data collection/evidence eg observation/video/survey, personal journal/blog - date on ME

Conclusions - results, coutcomes, resolution, answer to puzzle

Presentation - public, sharing

Collaboration needed at some stage eg observations.

Evidence based practice.

Readings

• Davey & Ham (2010), The Six Ms of Mentoring Self Study - Journal of PD in Education
• Joan Dalton