Diagnostic action research as an instrument in teacher education |
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| Abstract: | Action research refers to every research activity carried out by educational field personnel with the purpose of enabling them to arrive at wise decisions and to thereby improve their own work. It can serve as a useful instrument in formulating an inquiry approach in teacher candidates. In this paper we describe an experiment wherein 133 Israeli students of teachers’ colleges were trained to perform diagnostic action research (DAR): the simplest type of action research. The following activities were mentioned as comprising the DAR dealt with in this article: precise formulation of the problem; reading of bibliography relevant to the problem; composition of a questionnaire to be used in examining the problem; interpretation of results; and drawing pedagogical conclusions. The vast majority of the students willingly agreed to such work in place of an annual exam or a seminar paper and saw in it a useful tool in teacher training. |
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