Leveraging One's Profession to Enhance Skills and Scholarships
Location
DeSantis Room 1052
Format Type
Plenary
Format Type
Workshop
Start Date
17-1-2020 2:15 PM
End Date
17-1-2020 3:05 PM
Abstract
Reflective Action Research (RAR). has been known to be beneficial in enhancing skills and adeptness in one's teaching profession. Research and scholarship undertaking for the heavily loaded faculty can pose a challenge but there is one excellent way to achieve continuous scholarship undertakings. That is, through RAR. This workshop aims to present the importance of Reflective Action Research and how educators can leverage the richness of data in the teaching-learning environment and engage in scholarship in a strategic ways. Two RAR Frameworks will be presented: 1) A Critical-Reflective-Refractive Thinking Frameowk; and, 2) A Reflective Research Methodology inspired by Dewey 1933, Schön, 1983, Kolb, 1985, Gibbs, 1988, Millwood, 2014, and Stynes, Murphy, McNamara & O’Hara, 2018. Within the use of these two Frameworks, the Mental Models Theory (and how even the simplest Mental Model can be valuable to research) will be discussed. At the end of the workshop, it is envisioned that attendees will take with them some new insights and perspective on qualitative research approach based on two RAR frameworks; that they have been able to identify possible research topics or projects, and outline their own qualitative research strategies through Reflective Action Research approach.
Keywords
Reflective Action Research, Reflective Research Methodology, Critical-Reflective-Refractive Thinking Framework
Sample File for Gist of Coverage
Leveraging One's Profession to Enhance Skills and Scholarships
DeSantis Room 1052
Reflective Action Research (RAR). has been known to be beneficial in enhancing skills and adeptness in one's teaching profession. Research and scholarship undertaking for the heavily loaded faculty can pose a challenge but there is one excellent way to achieve continuous scholarship undertakings. That is, through RAR. This workshop aims to present the importance of Reflective Action Research and how educators can leverage the richness of data in the teaching-learning environment and engage in scholarship in a strategic ways. Two RAR Frameworks will be presented: 1) A Critical-Reflective-Refractive Thinking Frameowk; and, 2) A Reflective Research Methodology inspired by Dewey 1933, Schön, 1983, Kolb, 1985, Gibbs, 1988, Millwood, 2014, and Stynes, Murphy, McNamara & O’Hara, 2018. Within the use of these two Frameworks, the Mental Models Theory (and how even the simplest Mental Model can be valuable to research) will be discussed. At the end of the workshop, it is envisioned that attendees will take with them some new insights and perspective on qualitative research approach based on two RAR frameworks; that they have been able to identify possible research topics or projects, and outline their own qualitative research strategies through Reflective Action Research approach.
Comments
The paper is submitted to another peer-reviewed conference and not to this TQR 2020 Conference. If this proposed Workshop is accepted, a paper on the same topic can be written based on the outcomes of the workshop. The topic for this workshop are just part and parcel of the said paper--and part and parcel of my doctoral study. These two frameworks were developed as outcomes of years of Reflective Research undertakings. The Frameworks are utilized in my qualitative study. The Theoretical Discussions in my study shall be developed into a Workshop for purposes of the TQR 2020 Conference. For a gist of the proposed workshop coverage, please, find attached sample file, which can be accessed here or by copying this URL to a search browser: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fZhomTSm1dF11L04n-6Di5qwmmJfKNRk/view?usp=sharing