Week 2 Reflection--Personal Action Research

After listening to these scholars, I have a better understanding of action research. All of them gave detailed examples of how they use action research in their profession especially in analyzing information. I really enjoyed Dr. Briseno’s interview when he mentioned that his school does not make decisions without using data whether it is quantitative or qualitative. I am a very analytical thinker, so I appreciated the reminder of thinking abstractly at qualitative data. I constantly look at data reports to form conclusions, and I often forget to look past the numbers to figure out what the data really represents. Also, Dr. Lewis mentioned “tearing up” research or making it practical in order for it to be incorporated in a specific action research topic. Again, this very similar to thinking abstractly. After watching the videos, I have realized thinking “outside the box” needs to be a personal action research topic of mine.