Teachers as Researchers University of Kansas Alaa Yar.pptx

Teachers as Researchers

1. Teachers as Researchers .

2. Teacher Research is … An educational movement, research genre, political and policy critique, challenge to university culture, and lifelong stance on teaching, learning, schooling and educational leadership. Teacher research is inquiry that is intentional, systematic, public, voluntary, ethical, and contextual.

3. What Do Teacher Researchers Do ? Develop questions based on their own curiosity about their students' learning and their teaching. Investigate their questions with their students systematically documenting what happens. Articulate their theories. Talk to their students. Give presentations (talk to teacher in room next door, go to conferences.)

4. Conclusion Teacher Research empowers teachers to make a positive difference in terms of classroom practice; it enables us to provide relevant information about teaching and learning in actual classrooms. Most importantly, by engaging in reflective practice, the Teacher Researcher improves the lives of students by always seeking to discover better, more effective ways of implementing teaching/learning.