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UNIT V IMPLICATIONS OF ACTION RESEARCH
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Objectives
5.3 Educational Implication of Action Research
5.3.1 School effectiveness Illustration I
5.3.2 Classroom transaction Illustration II
5.3.3 Learning difficulties Illustration III
5.3.4 Community mobilization Illustration IV
5.4 Summary
5.5 Assignments
5.6 Points for DiscussionClarification
5.1 Introduction
Teachers working at elementary level face many problemsdifficulties related to improving the quality of elementary education. They need to empower themselves in
identifying the causes of such difficulties and finding out solutions as well. Understanding the concept, framework and methodology of action research is essential
for the teachers to contribute substantially for development of elementary education. Performance of teachers is an indicator which directly or indirectly determine the
fruitfulness of an educational programme. Strength of a teacher depends on the aspect that how successfully heshe is able to solve the problems of school, classroom and
children in a meaningful way. Concept of action research helps the teachers to build their capacity to solve the problems and make the situation better and satisfactory. “Action
research is systematic approach to solve the existing problems for improving the current practices”.
5.2 Objectives
After reading this module you are expected to be able to : •
Describe the role of teacher in improving the existing school system. •
Identify the problems, evaluate the causes and develop remedial strategy for improvement.
• Appreciate the implications of action research for improving school practices.
• Apply the principles of action research to solve problems related to scholastic and
coscholastic aspects. •
Explain the needs of action research for professional development.
36 Action Research is a systematic problem-solving approach. The steps of Action
Research are to be accepted with a sequence to reach at the desired end. The researcher needs to follow the following steps sequentially to arrive at a conclusion. We have
already discussed about the important steps for implication of Action Research in the previous Unit II and Unit IV.
5.3 Education Implication of Action Research
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