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Action Research: from Teacher Craftsman to Teacher Researcher Gu Yueguo Beijing Foreign Studies University Guyg@ Guyueguo@ Main Headings 1 Discover and understand ourselves 2 Models of research 3 How to do classroom-based action research 4 How to write action research report 1 Discover and understand ourselves What are we doing everyday? (1) read the text or listen to the cassette for the next day’s class; scan textbooks and libraries for appropriate examples of the language and targeted exercises to include in their intended lesson plans, shout at the top of our voice to a class of students; leave mark assignments find out why students have made certain kinds of mistakes and why they have behaved in certain ways, and look for remedies. What are we doing everyday? (2) Exhausted at the end of the day’s work Not exhausted but no time Cannot go to conferences for lack of funding Cannot go to conferences for the department head does not like to interrupt the flow the timetable library resources are extremely limited no way to publish Teacher Development: building up our strength Teacher craftsman Models of Teacher Development 2 Models of research Model for science and technology Model for social sciences and humanities Action research model Scientific Model Observation Demo Research Model for Social Sciences and Humanities Emulate the scientific model Modeling the leading figures It varies from discipline to discipline Action Research Model (1) a research methodology based on real-world experience Initial idea ? fact-finding ? action plan ? implementation ?monitoring ? revision amended plan ? and so on through the cycle. Action Research Model (2) The action research hence has the following features: it is participant-driven and reflective it is collaborative it leads to change and the improvement of practice, not just knowledge in itself it is context-specific. Classroom-based action research methodology and procedure Identify a Problem Work out a