What is Action Research??

Action Research is very new to me, but over this week I have learned a lot about it. I have learned that as many things as we have going on with school, most of us have probably used some kind of action research as a teacher. I just have not known I was using it for many years. Being in special education has given me this chance because, I work daily with students that I have to research how to reach these children. Many of us as educators have probably used it in some form or fashion. Action research is ongoing, data driven, tested, and always on the mind you might say. Action research is a topic that should always be on an educator’s mind and definitely on the administrator’s mind. Action research is definitely different from any other research because the person doing the research is an insider and they know the situations first hand. Normally a researcher that is doing plain research is an outsider looking in on the situation. That is what makes action research so unique and interesting. It is something that you might be passionate about or curious about learning more about. I look forward to learning more about action research and how to use on daily basics.