Learning Episode 1
THE TEACHER WE REMEMBER
Analyze
1. From the PPSTs, the Southeast Asia Teachers Competency Standards and the TEDS
videos that you viewed, what competencies does a great teacher possess?
2. Are these competencies limited only to professional competencies?
3. For a teacher to be great, is it enough to possess the professional competencies to plan a
lesson, execute a lesson plan, manage a class, assess learning, compute and report
grades? Explain your answer.
4. For a teacher to be great, which is more important, personal qualities or professional
competencies?
5. Who are the teachers that we remember most?
Reflect
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Which personal traits do I possess? Not possess? Where do I need improvement?
Which professional competencies am I strongly capable of demonstrating?
In which competencies do I need to develop more?
Who are the teachers that we remember most?
Write Action Research Prompts
1. OBSERVE. In assisting my Resource Teacher, I observed that personal traits such as
_____________ and professional competencies like_________________ were least / not displayed
and as a result, student were / class was ___________________
2. REFLECT. The lack of personal traits and professional competencies may be caused by
___________________
3. PLAN. I would like to address this problem by conducting an action research on
________________
4. ACT.
a. The main objective of my action research is ______________
b. My specific research questions are: __________
c. To answer my specific research question, I ___________________
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Work on my Artifacts
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Learning Episode 2
Embedding Action Research for Reflective Teaching
Participate and Assist.
Making a List of Completed Action Research Titles by Teachers in the Field.
Inventory of Sample Action Research Conducted by Teachers
List of Completed Action Research Titles
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Author/s
Notice
Based on your activity on Making a List of Completed Action Research Titles, let’s find out what
you have notice by answering the following questions.
Questions
1. What have you notice about the action
research titles? Do the action research
(AR) titles imply problems to be
solved? Yes_____ No_______
If yes, identify the problems from the title you
have given. Answer in the space provided.
2. What interpretation about action
research can you make out of your
answer in Question no. 1?
3. Write the Title and your interpretation
of the study from the title.
4. What do you think did the author/s do
with the identified problem as
presented in their titles?
My Answer
1. Identified problem to be solved in title
no. 1
2. Identified problem to be solved in title
no. 2
3. Identified problem to be solved in title
no. 3
4. Identified problem to be solved in title
no. 4
5. Identified problem to be solved in title
no. 5
Title of the action research:
From the title, I think the study________
I think the author/s __________________
Analyze
Let us continue to examine and analyze what you have notice and interpreted in the previous
activity.
Key Questions
1. From what source do you think,
did the author/s identify the
problems of their action research?
My Answer
Choose from the option given. You may check more
than one answer.
Choices:
Copied from research books
From daily observation of their teaching practice
From difficulties they observed of their learners
2. What do you think is the teacher’s
intention in conduction the action
research?
3. What benefit do you get as a
student in FS2 in understanding
and doing action research?
4. In what ways, can you assist your
mentor in his/her Action
Research Activity?
From their personal experience
From the told experiences of their co-teachers
Choices:
To find a solution to the problematic situation
To comply with the requirement of the principal
To improve teaching practice
To try out something, if it works
To prove oneself as better that the others
Choices:
Prepare me for my future job
Get good grades in the course
Learn and practice being an action researcher
Improve my teaching practice
Exposure to the realities in the teaching profession
Become a better teacher everyday
Choices:
By co-researching with my mentor
By assisting the design of the intervention
By assisting in the implementation of the AR
By just watching what is being done
Reflect
Based on the readings you made and the previous activities what you have done,
1. What significant ideas or concepts have you learned about action research?
I learned that…
2. Have you realized that there is a need to be an action researcher as a future teacher? Yes
or No. if yes, complete the sentence below.
I realized that…
Write Action Research Prompts
OBSERVE. From what teaching principles of theories can this problem anchored?
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Write an example of a problematic situation that you have observed and noticed
REFLECT. What have I realized? What do I hope to achieve?
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Write a probable solution to the problematic situation above.
PLAN. What strategies, activities, innovations can I employ to improve the situation or solve the
problem?
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As a future action researcher I can plan for an appropriate intervention like___________
ACT. If I conduct or implement my plan, what can be its title?
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If will implement my doable plan in the future, my title would be _______
Check for Mastery
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