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1、ActionResearchRichardDonato,UniversityofPittsburghActionresearchcaninformteachersabouttheirpracticeandempowerthemtotakeleadershiprolesintheirlocalteachingcontexts.Mills(2003)providesthefollowingdefinitionofactionresearch:Actionresearchisanysystematicinquiryconductedby
2、teacherresearcherstogatherinformationaboutthewaysthattheirparticularschooloperates,howtheyteach,andhowwelltheirstudentslearn.Theinformationisgatheredwiththegoalsofgaininginsight,developingreflectivepractice,effectingpositivechangesintheschoolenvironmentandoneducationa
3、lpracticesingeneral,andimprovingstudentoutcomes.(p.4)Actionresearchisconductedbyteachersandforteachers.Itissmallscale,contextualized,localized,andaimedatdiscovering,developing,ormonitoringchangestopractice(Wallace,2000).Thedefiningfeaturesofactionresearchalsoreflectth
4、equalitiesofleadersincollaborativeculturesofchange.Thesequalitiesincludeadeepunderstandingoftheorganization,visionandinsight,aquestfornewknowledge,adesireforimprovedperformance,self-reflectiveactivity,andawillingnesstoeffectchange(Fullan,2000a,2000b).ThisDigestdiscuss
5、esaframeworkforconductingactionresearchanddescribesanactionresearchstudycarriedoutinanelementaryschoolSpanishprogram.AFrameworkforActionResearchAreviewofactionresearchframeworksrevealsseveralcommonfeatures.Anactionresearchprojectseekstocreateknowledge,proposeandimplem
6、entchange,andimprovepracticeandperformance(Stringer,1996).KemmisandMcTaggert(1988)suggestthatthefundamentalcomponentsofactionresearchincludethefollowing:(1)developingaplanforimprovement,(2)implementingtheplan,(3)observinganddocumentingtheeffectsoftheplan,and(4)reflect
7、ingontheeffectsoftheplanforfurtherplanningandinformedaction.Newknowledgegainedresultsinchangesinpractice(seealso,Fullan,2000a).Actionresearchisoftenconductedtodiscoveraplanforinnovationorinterventionandiscollaborative.BasedonKemmisandMcTaggert's(1998)originalformulati
8、onofactionresearchandsubsequentmodifications,Mills(2003)developedthefollowingframeworkforactionresearch:·Describetheproblema
