Action Research is an increasingly popular tool for developing and improving learning and teaching. When adapted to the Action Research framework, many of the tools and techniques that practitioners use on a daily basis can help meet national priorities such as:
- Raising Attainment
- GIRFEC
- Curriculum for Excellence
It is also helpful for practitioners’ own professional development as the process will help them learn more about their teaching and how their students learn. Schools as a whole can also benefit as the research can help contribute to School Improvement Plans through evidence-based practice.
This pack aims to provide guidance on how to conduct Action Research Inquiry in schools and nurseries across Glasgow.
BENEFITS OF ACTION RESEARCH:
- helps practitioners to look for solutions to the everyday problems that they experience, in the context that they are experienced;
- encourages collaboration between practitioners to identify solutions, put them into practice, and evaluate impact; and
- allows practitioners to gain deeper insight into their practice, their teaching and how their young people learn.
Glasgow Psychological Service presented this PowerPoint to many of the Improvement Challenge schools last year and there are ambitions to have an Open Door session in each of the three areas next year (2017).
Challenge Questions: