Lights, Camera…Action Research
It is dress rehearsal. Along with 20 Filipino domestic workers, a handful of Filipino American cast members, director, lights person, media and prop staff, I walk into the theater at Hunter College. Our light technician turns on the lights on the stage to see if they work and we take in a few seconds to […]
Read More...Our Photovoice journey: An act of exhausting bravery
Our paper brings you more than just “lessons learned,” instead, we show you how fears are deeply embedded in the political statements that our photographs attempt to visualize. These fears, however, are interlaced by hope, conviction, strength and the belief that our voices, as U.S. Latinas, are needed to frame those political statements. Initially, the […]
Read More...When organizational politic work within and against action research in a school community
For years, action research has been a tool teachers (and others) have used to address a wide variety of issues. Whether addressing a school-wide curriculum concern, addressing a problem of practice in their classroom, or struggling to connect with an individual student, teachers around the globe are using action research as a means to empower themselves […]
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Living well with dementia
Diagnosed with dementia (probable Alzheimer’s) in her early 80s, I first met Ana when she was 84 years of age. Unique in her way of life, Ana had lived on the same section of land nearly all her life. What is more, she had lived alone for over 35 years in the house she had […]
Read More...The Importance of the Second Loop in Educational Technology: An Action Science study of introducing blogging in a course curriculum
Integrating new Internet based technologies into the classroom will be a major, ongoing task for educators over the coming years. The readable/writable web changes our relationships with information along with the traditional student/teacher relationships. In the The Importance of the Second Loop in Educational Technology: An Action Science study of introducing blogging in a course […]
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