REET Level 1 study notes
Action Research for Classes I-V Teachers
For a Classes I-V teacher, action research is a small classroom-based inquiry in which the teacher identifies a real problem, plans a small change, tries it, observes evidence, and reflects on what worked. Kurt Lewin's 1946 cycle has four stages: planning, action, observation, and reflection. The purpose is to improve the teacher's own classroom practice, not to publish a paper or conduct a large outside survey. For REET Level 1, the best answer usually points to a teacher studying her own teaching-learning problem, using simple evidence such as work samples or attendance, and changing classroom practice.
Key points
- Action research is teacher-led, classroom-based inquiry to improve one real classroom problem.
- Action research uses a cycle of planning, action, observation and reflection; Kurt Lewin is commonly treated as an originator of action research.
- It is local and practitioner-driven; not a publication exercise or a large outside survey.
- It does not need a control group or random assignment; simple classroom evidence is enough.
- Reflection is structured and partner-supported; it feeds the next cycle in a spiral.
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For a Classes I-V teacher, action research is a small classroom-based inquiry in which the teacher identifies a real problem, plans a small change, tries it, observes evidence, and reflects on what worked. Kurt Lewin's 1946 cycle has four stages: planning, action, observation, and reflection. The purpose is to improve the teacher's own classroom practice, not to publish a paper or conduct a large outside survey. For REET...