Week 2 Reflection

Week two had me examining and reviewing several knowledge scholars regarding action research. Dr. Kirk Lewis from Pasadena ISD really caught my attention. He said that if you are going to do research to make sure that it is going to help. That statement seems obvious, but so often we complete projects just because someone thinks that they need to be completed. I also found the readings from this week to be very interesting. We also looked at the 9 areas in which we could base our action research. Many of them appealed to me but the one that stood out the most was for the individual teacher. Initially I didn’t choose my topic in this area but on the other hand I did when I spoke with my site supervisor. He is the one who pursued this plan of action research. Action research is a great tool to provide supporting data for many of these leaders' decisions.