EDLD 5301 Week 2 Reflection

What I gained from this weeks lesson is that action research has two parts the purpose and significance of the research.  The purpose tells 1) what you will do or look at, 2) must be focused and be clear in direction, 3) must be reasonable and feasible, and 4) must be ethical and approved.  The significance is who is expected to benefit from the research.  Also after viewing each video clip the common thing that each interviewee stressed was using data to drive instruction and use it to help with increasing student progress/achievement.  From the textbook reading I gained that there are nine passions and one of the passions will potentially drive my initial question for my action research.  In the web conference I got some insight on my wondering and some additional advice and direction.  This week my plan is to begin reading literature on my wondering to help reduce some of the anxiety of doing an action research project.