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Whow! You've chosen a big topic....... Some preliminary questions buzzing around my mind: 1. No doubt you've assembled a document collection about Maths teaching in your country? 2. Have you planned to observe teachers in classrooms? What do teachers do? What is the learning experience of students/children like? 3. What might your criteria be for judging "quality" when you see it? Best wishes for your enquiry. Brian http://bwakeman.wordpress.com Brian E. WakemanFree-lance Educational Consultant ________________________________ From: vicente halle <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Mon, 29 March, 2010 15:27:13 Subject: Re: Action Research in India Thanks for you all. It is interesting to join this program and i think i will cherish a lot. When Jack and Joan talked about Action research i surprise . ...My question is that : How do i handle this my research proposal which is entitled, " How do i enhance my own understanding of the quality of mathematics education in Mozambique? God bless you all. cheers,. Vicente Halle On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 4:49 PM, NATHALIS WAMBA <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Hi Swaroop, > >I understand your frustration. However, you need to address the following question: Are they doing action research or participatory research. You might be speaking two different languages. Western scholars deal with action research that goes well with the capitalistic economic system. The cult of efficiency is very much at the center of action research. In southern hemisphere, people focus on participation and collaboration as opposed to the capitalistic individualism. Action by itself is not necessarily sustainable. However, collaboration is likely to be. > >I have to work hard to convince people in my department that we needed a course on action research. Most of the people did not have a clue about what action research is all about. This is in the US. Action research is being developed as we talk and there is a lot creativity taking place within this movement. There is no one way to do action research. There are multiple ways to advance action research. I will invite you to look at the work of Orlando Fals-Borda & Mohammad Anisur Rahman (1991). Action and knowledge. Breaking the monopoly with participatory action-research. There is also another book by a group of US and Canadian scholars (Bud Hall, Peter Park and others) entitled Voices of change. >Let's keep talking. > >Best, > >Nathalis > > > >On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 6:14 AM, swaroop rawal wrote: > > HI, >Jack has sent you one reference I am sending in another > >Rawal, Swaroop(2009)''… as I engaged in reflection: a play in three acts'',Reflective Practice,10:1,27 — 32 > I have been working in states of Maharashtra and in the Gujarat...sadly Action Research is not carried out the way it is in the West. Seeing this I wonder if you will get anything worth-while..... >It is like a mini mission I carry out every time I meet people involved in research especially in field of Education...... It is as if it is my goal to explain AR , PAR , Living Educational Theory and Drama -in-Education...I drive people up the wall... >Swaroop >___________________________________ > >Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:01:50 -0700 >From: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Action Research in India >To: [log in to unmask] > > >Colleagues, > >Could anyone point me to references, centres or examples of action research in India? > >Kind regards > >Brian > >Brian E. Wakeman > >___________________________________ > >All the latest on four wheels and more Get it now.