The value added benefit of my professional learning is these extra hours examining classroom instruction for the podcasts has “tuned” my senses, my thoughts, and my coaching skills. Or is the the true purpose of the study?The examination/study of the question can only improve the quality of the support that is provided.
In addition to researching the question, this process is about my learning... right??
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"Action research has the potential to generate genuine and sustained improvements ... It gives educators new opportunities to reflect on and assess ... to explore and test new ideas, methods, and materials; to assess how effective the new approaches were; to share feedback with fellow team members; and to make decisions ..." One definition from ncrel.org
Yes - it is about your learning. The other benefits are important, but the primary objective is improving your practice.
It is obvious that you are learning a lot! I cannot believe the amount of elbow grease you have put into this--it shows--especially the 90+ minutes it takes to make those awesome Podcasts!
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