Week 2 Reflection

The summary of this weeks's readings and assignments was basically to come up with different ideas for the action research project. First we had to watch videos from three different scholars from three different backgrounds. There was a principal, superintendent, and an director of research, planning and development. Each person gave their own insight to action research, and each gave examples of what has been done in their school district. I found this interesting to watch and I liked the different perspectives. You can see what is important for each career position. Second, we had to read from the book, Leading with Passion and Knowledge. Chapter two breaks down the reasons that people conduct action research projects such for staff development, curriculum development, individual teacher(s), individual student(s), school culture/community, leadership, management, school performance, or social justice or equity issues. This also provided many different examples as to what we could do for our assignment. The book gives specific examples of true life situations, which also makes it an interesting read. Overall, I have a much more confident feel of what to do for my own project.