I can't believe it's August. My AR is "done" but I'm still questioning whether it will really work? During my feedback session someone bet that the biggest impact on my teaching will be the use of collaborative groups. Which is funny because I thought it would be my focus on questioning or inquiry style lessons. As I looked further and further into the research this summer I realized how much different areas of teaching are related... And also how little talk and research there is on content. Process not product.
I didn't believe that I would be "excited" for school but now I am. I recently went to Barnum and all the OLD stuff was gone and the floors were waxed and fresh. I even had the balls to ask the janitors all four of them to help reorganizing the lab tables for better flow. I asked for help. thats huge. I gotta tell ya cyber-space... I felt an overwhelming sense of accomplishment. I was, and am proud of the work I have been doing. I can also say that I am looking forward to next week. Alex and I are taking Nikolai to Wisconsin Dells for the week. I need it!! One last week of carefree summer to get me through what's to come!!
Zhukov Out.
I can feel your excitement. I hope things work out with your action research. I think you will have a great experience with collaborative groups. I am back at school right now and am working in my classroom. It also gets me a little fired up to be back at school the 1st week of August. I, too, am excited to get the year rolling.
ReplyDeleteMy AR is on student resiliency, but it will be approached using collaborative learning. I also agree that the deeper you look into a certain method of teaching, the more you will see that they are somehow related to each other and affect each other. You are also correct in that the focus of most research is on the process. It is our job to use these best practices to teach our content.
ReplyDeleteAsking for help?! Way to go Jodi!! :) I have heard the Dells is a fun trip, but I have never been!
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