Resources: Developing and implementing teacher research and other informal research projects

How can we practice collective inquiry and make our learning communities action oriented?

Jim Parsons, Executive Director of Accountability, Humble ISD

281-641-8126 jim.parsons@humble.k12.tx.us

Fondren Reforming Schools Summer Institute IX

University of Houston Hilton, July 26-28, 2005

SEMINAR HANDOUTS (all available on this site)

Overview

1. PowerPoint Slides in Handout Format

2. Matrix Reading Protocol

3. Themes in Education: Action Research, Ferrance

4. Research Conversations: A Brief Guide for Classroom Inquiry

5. Teacher-as-Researcher, Brent Muirhead

6. Action Research in Science Education, ERIC Digests, Feldman

7. Teacher as Researcher – Taking Action Research to Task, Teaching Today

8. Teacher-As-Researcher, Johnson

9. Frequently Asked Questions about Action Research, Dick & Swepson

10. Action Research: A Brief Overview, Newman

11. Action Research Network (http://actionresearch.altec.org) Home page

12. Action Research Template

13. Academic Exchange Quarterly Call for Papers on Teacher Action Research

14. Action Research, Links to Resources

15. PowerPoint Slides