Reflection on Action Research

It is funny at how things work out.  I have thought all along that the best way to improve is to take a look into what you are doing and see if it lines up with what you want.  If not then make the necessary changes to get it where it needs to be.  This process requires you to think about your situation and take into consideration what is best for the particular task at hand and to take some action in getting it done.  I know workshops provide great information but they don't always know all the factors involved and it seems to me that they come from ideal situations.  I like action and I think it provides an opportunity for quick long term results.  I have often used it to redirect in my classroom and in athletics.  I seek the advice of others to help with insight as to how they have done things and what results they received.  I also read new and up to date information that is provided over the internet and through our service center.  I take this and see what might apply to the betterment of my students and myself.  Action research seems to a tremendous way to affect what is going on in a positive manner.  There are so many times when I see others trying to mimic the way they see others do things and they get different results.  I feel this is because they have a totally different array of problems or students.  I remember sitting in a workshop and listening to the way they wanted us to handle discipline in the classroom and i thought this is so far fetched and would never work in my situation.  It is good to receive new and different ideas but we must be able to apply the ones that will work in our situation.  This is why I like action research.  I provides this opportunity.  I am a firm believer in letting others get it fixed before you have to step in and I feel this is done through action research.  We can change our approach to create a different atmosphere.  Maybe look at providing information in a different way, a way that develops relavance that helps us apply it to the everyday.