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'Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 565] Re: Who's doing Action Research?
From: Taylor, Jackie jataylor at utk.edu
Date: Tue Oct 3 19:33:08 EDT 2006
Micki, and All, Hello!
Micki, I'm glad to see you join in this discussion, and thank you for
sharing your work about your action research project from Tennessee. I
hope others outside of the D.C. area will follow your lead and share
their experiences. To All: Micki's work can be found in the Idea Book
2000: http://www.cls.utk.edu/2000_idea_book.html (under Micki Hendrix).
Micki, perhaps you might share with us other AR-generated resources from
other projects in which you participated?
To others on the list: whether you are a teacher researcher,
professional development professional, university researcher, or adult
learner who has benefited from action research:
Please tell us about your experiences with action research work: what
are others doing in action research in your program, state, or province?
What states or provinces support practitioner inquiry projects, and why
did you choose an action research approach for this type of professional
development?
Don't forget, let the list know where you're from, and provide your
contact information. Not only is this an opportunity to discuss our
experiences with action research, but also a chance to begin developing
our own network of support for teacher researchers and others who have
worked with action research.
Thanks, and I look forward to hearing from you! Best, Jackie Taylor, jataylor at utk.edu
Subject: [ProfessionalDevelopment 565] Re: Who's doing Action Research?
From: Shifferraw, Maigenet mshifferraw at udc.edu
Date: Tue Oct 3 20:20:56 EDT 2006
Hello Ms Greer:
I am very interested in your research especially the one with students
who are on government assistant to gain workforce readiness/career
skills. I understand the concern you had about the relationship between
life skills and GED subjects. I am a professor in adult education and
many of my graduate students (who are adult basic education teachers)
express fear of not teaching to the test. We usually have engaging
discussions whether life skills would be relevant to passing the GED
test. I think your work is very relevant to show teachers that they can
prepare their learners to pass the GED by making the GED material
relevant to the lives of the learners.
I am looking forward for our teacher-researchers to share their
experiences. One teacher, Kris Garvin, had a project related to GED and
the relevance of the GED materials to the adult learners.
Thanks for sharing you work with us.
Maigenet Shifferraw, Ph.D.
Department of Education
University of the District of Columbia
Telephone: 202-274-5333
Email: mshifferraw at udc.edu
