Teacher as Researcher

07/10/07

The Teacher as Researcher
The article makes an excellent point on how educational research is/was conducted. We as educators cannot complain about the inaccuracy and uselessness of available research. We must take a stand and as Marian Mohr did, conduct our own research. I personally think that if we kept a journal (as suggested in the article) we could learn so much more about the way students learn rather than trying to make fancier lessons. It doesn’t matter how fancy a lesson is, if we are not keeping our students engaged. By learning how students learn we are able to incorporate those techniques and not just be a teacher but a student as well. Although this article was published 27 years ago it still resounds as an undeniable truth. We as teachers must take research into our own hands and perhaps some day we’ll be able to publish what we’ve learned from our journaling.