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Day 7

REFLECTION AND IMPLICATIONS OF AR

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Reflection

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Forms of Reflection

Reflection-in-action

Reflection-on-action

Reflection-for-action

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Making Reflection Part of the Process

  • Quick notes on lesson plans
  • Post-lesson journaling
  • Audio notes
  • Memo-ing during data analysis
  • Critical Friends sessions

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Post-Test as Reflection

  • This is the L of KWL: What have you learned about PBLL and AR this week?
  • You don’t have to say everything…
  • And there’s no grade for this…

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Completion: �When is your action research study complete?

1.YOU HAVE FINISHED THE INTERVENTION

2.YOU HAVE FOUND A GOOD PRACTICE TO CONTINUE DOING

3.YOU WANT TO TRY OUT A NEW/DIFFERENT INTERVENTION

4.YOU RUN OUT OF TIME TO DO MORE

5.YOU BECOME EXHAUSTED OR OVERCOMMITTED

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So What?

IMPLICATIONS FOR TEACHING

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Validity in AR

  • What does validity mean?
  • How is validity calculated in quantitative research?
  • What are the challenges of applying quantitative/positivist definitions of validity to AR?
  • What might we consider instead when judging quality in AR?

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McNiff’s forms of validity in AR

INTERNAL/PERSONAL

EXTERNAL/SOCIAL

SHARED/PEER

COMMUNICATIVE

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Validity in your AR project

Freewrite (5 minutes):

  • What criteria do you hold for determining quality in your own research?
  • To what extent can you ensure that your AR project is valid according to your own and others’ standards?
  • How might your study contribute to new thinking about what counts as good quality practice, research, and communication?

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So what? (2)

  • Impact or influence on others:
    • Your students
    • Your colleagues
    • The field (whichever field you choose)
    • Society
  • In what ways could you use your AR to impact others?
  • In what ways could you use AR for social change?

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AR for transformation and change

Freewrite (5 minutes):

  • In what ways can you contribute to building knowledge through your AR study?
  • Who might benefit from what you have learned in your AR study? In what ways?
  • What can YOU do to continue the knowledge building you have started?