Ivan Rismi Polontalo, M.Ed.Stud

Ivan Rismi Polontalo, M.Ed.Stud

Don’t have to be a master of major types of research !

Ivan Rismi Polontalo, M.Ed.Stud

2 Types of Action research

Practical action research – to address a specific problem within a classroom, school, or other community. It can be in educational, social services, or business locations.

Participatory action research – to empower individuals and groups; to improve their lives and to bring about social change at some level. It can be in school, community, or society.

Ivan Rismi Polontalo, M.Ed.Stud

Similarities and differences between action research and formal research

Systematic inquiry

Goal is to solve problems of local concern

Little formal training required to conduct such studies

Intent is to identify and correct problems of local concern

Systematic inquiry

Goal is to develop and test theories and to produce knowledge generalizable to wide position

Considerable training required to conduct such studies

Intent is to investigate larger issues

Ivan Rismi Polontalo, M.Ed.Stud

Continued…… Carried out by teacher

or the local education professional

Uses primarily teacher-developed instruments.

Less rigorous Usually value-based Purposive samples

selected Selective opinions of

researchers often considered as data

Generalizability is very limited

Carried out by researcher who is not usually involved in local situation

Uses primarily professionally developed instruments

More rigorous Frequently value-neutral Random samples (if possible)

preferred Selective opinions of researcher

never considered as data

Generalizability of ten appropriate.

Ivan Rismi Polontalo, M.Ed.Stud

Advantages Can be done by almost any professional, in any

type of school, at any grade level, to investigate just about any kind of problem.

Can improve educational practice.

When teachers or other professionals design and carry out their own action research, they can develop more effective ways to practice their craft.

Can help teachers identify problems and issues systematically.

Can build up a small community or research-oriented individuals within the school itself.

Ivan Rismi Polontalo, M.Ed.Stud

Examples from Indonesian researchers

Motivasi, sikap terhadap mengajar dan Konsep Diri mahasiswa FKIP Universitas Lampung tahun 2001

Upaya meningkatkan keterampilan membaca pemahaman melalui penerapan teknik skema

Penigkatan kemampuan membuat kalimat bahasa inggris

Upaya meningkatkan kemampuan berbicara bahasa inggris melalui teknik KWL dan permainan bahasa

DR.Nandang Kosasih Ananda, Dosen FKIP Univ. Lampung

Fuad Asnawi, Guru Bahasa Indonesia SLTP Mataram, Kab. Bantul, Jogjakarta

Andreasn Suwarno, Guru Bahasa Inggris SLTPN 4 Muara Kelingi Kab.Musi Rawas SumSel.

Jafrizal, Guru Bahasa Inggris SLTPN 2 Bayang-Painan Kab.Pesisir Selatan SumBar.

Ivan Rismi Polontalo, M.Ed.Stud

Some of the area in education

School improvement plans

Curriculum development

Evaluation

Classroom instruction

Class projects

Special programs

Parent participation

Site-based management

Ivan Rismi Polontalo, M.Ed.Stud

Steps in Action research

Ivan Rismi Polontalo, M.Ed.Stud

A Basic Action Research Routine

Look

Think

Act

Gather relevant information (gather data)

Build a picture; describe the situation (Define and describe)

Explore and analyze. What is happening here? (Analyze)

Interpret and explain; How/why are the things as they are? (Theorize)

Plan (report) Implementevaluate

Ivan Rismi Polontalo, M.Ed.Stud

Ivan Rismi Polontalo, M.Ed.Stud