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Week 5 Reflections

During the course of Research for Teachers (EDLD5301) I have been challenged to learn things that were very new to me, such as completing an Action Research Plan. This was a challenge because I have always been on the other end of research and implementation of new educational tools. I have been the one that has been asked the questions or used to see how a new program or curriculum would work but I have never been on the end of actually trying to research and implement something especially of this magnitude.

There are a lot of things to consider and be aware of when completing research it is not something that you can take lightly or put on the back burner and work on for a short time. In order to get great results you will have to work on it a little each day constantly doing research on the web, talking to people and looking for ways to make your research better. Great research with a completed plan that will give people a clear understanding on what brought you to do the research in the first place, what works and what doesn't work, and also including personal experiences that will help understand why your plan needs to be reviewed and implemented in every aspect of education.

I thank all of my colleagues along with Dr. Abshire for all their help in forming an effective action research plan. During this time we as a group have tried to help each other the best we could and along the way we have actually been a help to someone. I wish everyone great success during their research.

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This week has been very interesting to say the least, I spent the better part of the week rethinking and changing my mind on what I actually wanted to research. Once I made up my mind I spent the rest of the week trying to narrow the list down within that category. I am still a little uneasy about what I have decided to do but I am glad I was told it isn't set in stone I can still change my mind.

For me this is like shopping and when you go to purchase something you know when you have made the correct choice, it's like the item spoke to you. Well this topic hasn't spoken to me yet so that's why I am a little weary about tackling it. The readings for this week were very informative perhaps a little bit too informative because I was very sure of myself before I started reading. Well wish me luck and I wish all of you the same.

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Reflections wk. II EDLD 5301

This week was a week of thinking and evaluation, after reading chapter 2 it caused me re-evaluate what I wanted to do for my action research. It was a lot harder thinking of topics to place in part 2 of the assignment choosing topics for the 9 common action research topics. I got a better understanding during the web conference concerning what I am supposed to be concentrating on. I am headed in the right direction but I was told to narrow my search because the direction I was going I was making more work for myself. Now all I need to do is choose what I want to research with in my topic, this week really helped with clearing up some of the confusion for me.