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Practical Principles for Exploratory Action Research
Richard Smith
University of Warwick
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Introduction
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Three experiences / contexts of supporting teacher-research ‘for
difficult circumstances’
Chile – British Council ‘Champion Teachers’ project (Jan – Dec. 2013)
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Three experiences / contexts of supporting teacher-research ‘for
difficult circumstances’
Chile – British Council ‘Champion Teachers’ project (Jan – Dec. 2013)
Cameroon (August 2013) – CAMELTA conference, leading to ‘Teacher Association Research’ project
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CAMELTA
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Three experiences / contexts of supporting teacher-research ‘for
difficult circumstances’ Chile – British Council ‘Champion Teachers’ project (Jan –
Dec. 2013) Cameroon (August 2013) – CAMELTA conference, leading
to ‘Teacher Association Research’ project Nepal (November 2013)– 5-day ‘Hornby Regional School’
on ‘The Low-Resource Classroom’, setting up teacher-research projects in groups
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(1) Teachers share success stories
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(2) Seeking initial clarification through questioning and discussion
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(3) Explicitly countering positivistic preconceptions about ‘research’
‘Received view’: Hypothesis-testing / control vs experimental
group / pre-test, post-test / numerical data (questionnaire) etc.
Vs. Exploring the unknown ... Qualitative data, open-ended questions, teacher reflections,
other teachers’ views, emerging themes etc. [example: Joya’s presentation]
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(4) Taking time for exploration before new action
Action research:
Problem -> Action -> Data to evaluate intervention -> Analysis -> Interpretation (-> further action etc.)
Exploratory action research:
Problem/puzzle -> Questions ->
Data -> Interpretation (-> Action or further exploration)
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Problems can partially disappear through discussion with students, or be conceived in a different way (examples from last year’s talk) and/or new actions can be suggested by students.
Roberto Delgado (Chile) – ideas for action from students’ feedback – he gained a ‘whole new repertoire’ of speaking (assessment) activities
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(5) Peer-to-peer and near-peer support
• Cameroon Teacher Association Research
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CAMELTA research – one teacher’s problems Mengang is a purely French speaking area and most of the
students’ escape from English language classes. Again if the syllabus has to be covered even up to 50%, it should be during the first term because most of them stop schooling at the end of February, most of the girls get pregnant during the academic year , the boys abandon school to ride motor bikes etc. The worst problem is that of [lack of?] course books. The mentality of the people of the area is very funny. It is very normal for [a] parent to come to school, attack a male teacher for refusing to fall in love with his daughter, take home assignments are never done etc.
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His ‘solutions’: All I do is to advise the students on the advantages of
going to school and learning the both languages. • I tell the place of the English language in the world. • During the bilingualism week, I try to come up with
various interesting activities in a bid to encourage them to be interested in the language.
• Formation of the English language club and at times I bring in competition in the class where each row competes with the other in class participation. It’s a bit successful
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(5) Peer-to-peer and near-peer support
• Cameroon Teacher Association Research
• Forthcoming second cycle of the Chilean project (from July 2014): presentations and potentially mentoring by former participants
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(6) Informal reporting – speaking before writing
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