Libon Community College

lIBON Albay

Name of Student: EDWIN S. SALLAO

Course and Year: BSED SCIENCE 4

Title of the Unit/Learning Episode: Module 2 - Prof. Ed 12 (FS 2 - Participation and Teaching
Assistantship)
Embedding Action Research for Reflective Teaching

Intended Learning Outcomes

At the end of the Learning Episode, I must be able to:
1. Be familiar about action research as a reflective teacher..
2. Underscore the importance of doing action research..

PRESENTATION OF TOPICS/CONTENT

Doing Action Research: An Overview

Every teacher is an action researcher. Everyone can do it. Teachers and students can do it.

This episode focuses on doing action research as one of the roles of the teacher. Every teacher
should take interest to know how students learn, wants to make innovations in the curriculum and
desires to improve teaching practice. In order to achieve these, a teacher has to do action research on
the everyday practical problems. These problematic situations and observe discrepancies emerge
between what is intended and what actually occurs in the classroom.

Revisit the Infographic/s

Inquiry multiple
Understanding practice
actions change multiple
One deep Practice Questions
Process evidence researchers learning

research work Action theory

 There is a general agreement among action research community that action research is about
ACTION: taking action to improve practice and RESEARCH: finding things out and coming to a new
understanding that create new knowledge.

Action research is not new. It dates back to the time of John Dewey in 1920 when he introduced
the idea if inquiry. This was followed by Coller, 1945; Lewin, 1949; Corey, 1953 and may others who
came later. Schon introduced the notion of action research as a habit of continuing inquiry. Inquiry begins with
situations that are problematic, confusing, uncertain and conflicting, and so does Action Research.

It was Stephen Corey 1953) who defined Action Research as the process through which practitioners like
teachers, study their own practice to solve their personal professional practical problems. Further on, John Iliot in
1993 clarified that action research is concerned with everyday practical problems experienced by the teachers,
rather than the theoretical problems defined by pure researchers.

Action research is grounded on the reality of the school, classroom, teachers and students. Sometime it is
labelled as Teacher Action Research (TAR) but it is popularly known simply as Action Research (AR)

Action Research is a process that allows teachers to study their own classrooms, schools and educational
setting in order to understand them better and to improve their quality and effectiveness. The process of
observation, reflection and inquiry lead to action that makes a difference in teaching and learning. It bridges doing
(practice) and learning (study) and reflection (inquiry)

Participate and Assist

You must have experienced in you past subject, doing some activities or accomplishing tasks similar to an
action research. These are activities that required you to do Reflections and Make Action or the other way around.
Schon (1987) distinguishes Reflection in Action or Reflection on Action as two different things

Perhaps your mentor teacher has already done an Action Research. Now it is the opportunity for you to
participate and assist in ways that you are capable of doing.

Here is what you will do.

Making a List of Completed Action Research Titles by Teachers in the field.

1. Make a library on-line search of the different Completed Action Research Titles Conducted by
Teachers.
2. Enter the list in the matrix similar to the one below.
3. Submit your list of five (5) Titles of Completed Action Research Studies in your mentor as reference.

Inventory of Sample Action Research Conducted by Teachers

List of Completed Action Research Titles Author/Authors

Ex. Differentiated Instruction in Teaching English for Mary Joy Olicia
Grade four classes.
1. Improvement of Reading Comprehension

through the use of Higher Order Thinking skills in Grade Noel R. Dauran
III students

2. Improvement of Students Academic

Achievement in Science through Strategic Andrea Luz S. Englis
 Intervention Materials Rolan C. Eullaran

3. Project IRI: Increasing Reading Level of Primary

Learners Brenda L. Pasquil

4. Enhancement of Learners’ Reading and

Numeracy Skills through Project Randy Randy D. Dunque

5. Enrichment of Learners’ Reading

Comprehension through Project Hazel Hazel E. Argoncillo
Juacrisa D. Balbon

Congratulations!!! You have done a good job. By doing so, you have assisted your mentor and together
you will journey towards becoming an action researcher.

Notice

Based on you activity on Making a List of Completed Action Research Titles, let’s find out what you have
noticed by answering the following questions.

Questions My Answer
1. What you have noticed about the action 1. Identified problem to be solved in title no. 1
research titles? Do the action research (AR)
titles imply problems to be solved? Yes ____ • Improvement of Reading Comprehension
No. _______ through the use of Higher Order Thinking
skills
If YES, identify the problems from the title you 2. Identified problem to be solved in title no. 2
have given. Answer min the space provided.
• Improvement of Students Achievement

3. Identified problem to be solved in title no. 3

• Increasing Reading Level

4. Identified problem to be solved on title no.4

• Enhancement of Learners’ Reading and

Numeracy Skills

5. Identified problem to be solved in title no.5

• Enrichment of Learners’ Reading

Comprehension
 2. What interpretation about action research can Title of the Action Research:
you make out of your answer in question no.
1? Effectiveness of Higher Order Thinking Skills to
Reading Comprehension of Grade III students
3. Write the Title and you interpretation of the
study from the title. From the title, I think, the study aims to improve the
student’s reading comprehension by using higher
order thinking skills

4. What do you think did the author’s do with the

identified problem as presented in their titles? I think the author/s use strategic material to solved
the problem and use it as their basis to improve
reading comprehension of the students.

Analyze

Action research seems easy and familiar. Since teaching seems to be full of problematic situations and
that the teacher has a responsibility of finding solution for everyday problems in school, hence teachers should
do action research. This is an exciting part of being a teacher, a problem solver.

Let us continue to examine and analyse what you have noticed and interpreted in the previous activity.

Key Questions My Answer

Choose from the option given. You may check more than one
answer.
1. From what source do you think, did Choices:
the author identify the problems of ______ Copied from research books.
their action research? __✓__ From daily observation of their teaching practice
__✓__ From the difficulties they observed of their learners.
__✓__ From their own personal experience.
______ From the old experiences of their co-teachers
2. What do you think is the teacher’s Choices:
intention in conducting action __✓___To find a solution to the problematic situation.
research? _______ To comply with the requirement of the principal.
__✓___ To improve teaching practice.
_______ To try out something, if it works.
_______ To prove oneself as better than the others.
3. What benefit do you get as a student Choices:
in FS 2 in understanding and doing __✓____Prepare me for my future job
action research ______ Get good grades in the course
__✓____Learn and practice being an action researcher
______ Improve my teaching practice
__✓___Exposure to the realities in the teaching profession
______ Become a better teacher everyday
4. In what ways can you assist your __✓___By co-researching with my mentor
mentor in his / her Action Research ______ By assisting in the design of the intervention
Activity? __✓___By assisting in the implementation of the AR
 ______ By just watching what is being done.

Reflect

Based on the reading you made and the previous activities that you have done.

1. What significant ideas or concepts have you learned about action research?
I learned that _________________________________________________________________________

• I learned that action research is hard for me but it can help to improve the education of
students. Action research can identify ways to improve the teaching and learning process of the
learners. It also plays an important role in improving the delivery and quality of student’s education.

2. Have you realized that there is a need to be an action researcher as a future teacher?
Yes __✓__ No ______ If yes complete the sentence below
I realized that ___________________________________________________________________________

• I realized that I realized that as a future teacher there is need to be an action researcher
because it can help to resolve significant problems in classrooms and schools. Also, it can help to provide
more opportunities on how we improve the quality of education

Write Action Research Prompts

OBSERVE

From what teaching principles of theories can this problem be anchored?

 I have observed and noticed that Action Research begins with a problem or a problematic situation.
Write a problematic situation that you have observed and noticed.

• Some students have reading difficulty.

REFLECT

What have I realized? What do I hope to achieve?

I realized that for every teaching learning problem, there is a solution.
Write a problematic solution to the problematic situation above _________________________________

• Students with reading difficulty can partner to their peers who can read.

PLAN

What strategies, activities, innovations can I employ to improve the situation or solve the problem?
 As a future action researcher I can plan for an appropriate intervention like ____________________

• As a future action researcher can plan for an appropriate intervention like reading classes
ACT

If I conduct or implement my plan, what can be its title?

 If will implement my doable plan in the future, my title would be ____________________________

• If will implement my doable plan in the future, my title would be conducting reading class
in grade 8 students.

Check for Mastery

Direction: Choose the best answer.

1. Every future teacher should do action research because ________

A. It is a requirement for teachers in the field
B. It will improve teaching practice
C. It will add points to teacher’s performance
D. It is a part of the teacher’ standard
2. Spotting a problematic situation in teaching and learning will _______
A. Spark an idea of doing Teacher Action Research
B. Give more confusion to the teacher
C. Create complexity in everyday teaching
D. Add burden to teacher’s daily routine
3. Which of the following statements motivates a teacher to do the action research?
A. Any problem that occurs in any class will soon pass.
B. For every teaching-learning problem, there is always a solution.
C. Leave those problematic situation for other teachers to solve.
D. There are more important routines than finding solutions.
4. “Every teacher be an action researcher”. This statement is _________
A. Applicable only for teachers in big schools.
B. Not doable and very idealistic.
C. The call for teachers in the current times.
D. Appropriate for honor graduates
5. Which of the following statement is TRUE?
A. Action research problem is created by the teacher.
B. Noticing helps a teacher spot problematic situation.
C. Much of the teaching time should be spent in action research.
D. Action research is an optional teacher activity.

ANSWER
1. B
2. A
3. B
4. C
5. B
Work on my Artifacts

Your artifact will be an Abstract of a completed action research.