Chapter 2

1. Chapter 2 Overview of the Self-Study Research Process What and How

2. Designing Your Self-Study Project • Self-study teacher research involves you in: • Designing a study • Carefully reviewing the ethics of your study • Collecting data • Analyzing data • Writing your findings • Presenting your findings Self-Study Teacher Research: Improving Your Practice Through Collaborative Inquiry

3. Components of Your Self-Study Project • Design • Protect • Organize • Collect • Analyze • Assess Research Quality • Write • Present Self-Study Teacher Research: Improving Your Practice Through Collaborative Inquiry

4. Self-Study Research Is Recursive. • Research is discovery, and discoveries most often involve moving back and forth in a search to understand something yet uncovered. Be patient with the process. • Nonetheless, having a tentative planner serves to document where you are in the process and organizes and stores the insights you gained along the way. Self-Study Teacher Research: Improving Your Practice Through Collaborative Inquiry

5. Your Self-Study Research Project Planner • A Self-Study Research Project Planner highlights the specific and the overlapping research components that highlight the recursive nature of self-study research. • Organize your project using the Self-Study Research Planner (See Table 2.1). Self-Study Teacher Research: Improving Your Practice Through Collaborative Inquiry

6. A Self-Study Research Project Timeline • A Self-Study Research Project Timeline is a tool for charting your progress and sharing it with critical friends throughout the research process. • Chart your progress using a personal timeline with a feasible schedule for accomplishing each component (See Table 2.2). Self-Study Teacher Research: Improving Your Practice Through Collaborative Inquiry

7. Write All Along • Begin to build your project by writing down your wonderment and research questions. • Look ahead now to Chapter 12 and read about the importance of writing from day one. • Share what you are writing with your critical friends for their review. Self-Study Teacher Research: Improving Your Practice Through Collaborative Inquiry

8. Self-Study Research Project Planner • Be very clear about to what you will do, how you will do it, and when you will do it will assist you in successfully completing a major project. • Inquire with critical friends throughout entire process. Self-Study Teacher Research: Improving Your Practice Through Collaborative Inquiry

9. Before You Enact Your Study • Author your research question. • Establish your critical friend team. • Observe your classroom. • Articulate rationale and proposal. • Frame your question within literature. • Align your question with self-study method. • Plan purposeful pedagogies. Self-Study Teacher Research: Improving Your Practice Through Collaborative Inquiry

10. During the Enactment of Your Study • Describe your context. • Describe your participants. • Describe your data sources generated from your pedagogical strategies. • Explain your data analysis and interpretation to critical friends for validation. Self-Study Teacher Research: Improving Your Practice Through Collaborative Inquiry

11. After You Enact Your Study • Write your findings. • Write your discussion. • Impact on Students • Impact on Teacher Researcher • Impact on Education Field • Write limitations. • Include references. • Insert appendixes. • Write abstract. • Present and share your research. Self-Study Teacher Research: Improving Your Practice Through Collaborative Inquiry

12. Class Activity • Students report that they find it useful to use the suggested research project headings template. They cut and paste components of their critical friend inquiries into the report sections as they compose a working draft. • Take time now to review the “Suggested Research Project Headings Template” located in Chapter 12 and create a working frame for your project. Self-Study Teacher Research: Improving Your Practice Through Collaborative Inquiry