How action research helps teacher in reflecting on own teaching practice and their by helps in improving quality of teaching and learning.

1. ACTION RESEARCH AS
REFLECTIVE PRACTICE
PROF. RAMAKANTA MOHALIK
REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION (NCERT)
BHUBANESWAR, INDIA
rkmohalik@riebbs.ac.in

2. PRESENT STATUS OF TEACHER
Teachers shape the future of our children and nation
The quality of teacher edn, recruitment, deployment, service
conditions and empowerment of teachers is not in proper standard.
Hence, quality and motivation of teachers are very low.
Aim is to raise the respect and status of teaching profession.
18-10-2020
Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE (NCERT)
Bhubaneswar

3. Empowered teacher must be
• Autonomy
• Innovative
• Accountable
• Life long learner
• Agent of school transformation
• Director of own professional development
• Informed instructional decision maker
• Active role in curriculum development
• Create inclusive and equitable classroom
environment
• Reflective
18-10-2020
Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE (NCERT)
Bhubaneswar

4. Concept of Action Research (AR)
• AR offers a means of providing an
understanding to a problematic situation.
• It concern with practitioner (teacher/HM)
issue.
• To do AR is to plan, act, observe and reflect
more carefully, more systematically, and
more rigorously than one usually does in
everyday life. (Kemmis & McTaggart, 1992)
18-10-2020
Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE (NCERT)
Bhubaneswar

5. Characteristics of AR
• Enable practical problem solving
• Collaborative and participatory
• Understand the school system
• Being taken in situ
• Focus on immediate concern
• Offers formative feedback
• Deliver usable and sharable result
• Involve critical analysis and reflection
• Provide justification for educational change
18-10-2020
Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE (NCERT)
Bhubaneswar

6. Characteristics of Researcher
• Involve yourself in AR
• Be organized
• Start small
• Be tolerant
• Be persistent in monitoring
• Be collaborative
• Prepared for hard work
• Open to change during AR
• Share progress with all stakeholders
• Be explicit about your result
• Continuously question yourself it AR helpful to you
18-10-2020
Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE (NCERT)
Bhubaneswar

7. Steps of Action Research
Analysis of problem
Design intervention
Implement
intervention
Monitor effect of
intervention
Analyse
& evaluate
Reflect
18-10-2020
Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE (NCERT)
Bhubaneswar

8. Steps of Reflective Practices
Feeling of dissatisfaction
Understand nature and gravity of problem
List probable causes
Develop action plan
Implement action plan
Evaluate action plan
Reflect and make decision
18-10-2020
Prof. Ramakanta Mohalik, RIE (NCERT)
Bhubaneswar