Action Research has become a pivotal educational tool in improving the practices and transformation of education through the systemic investigation of a question raised by the educational practitioner. These students designed and carried out their personal investigations within their own work places or communities with the support and peer review of their Lesley cohort and faculty, as well as their immediate administrators and supervisors.
All are welcome to attend the latest action research presentations on January 18-20, 2013. View the flyer for more information.
Here is a sampling of some of the topics covered in the student presentations:
- How can we create an experiential outdoor program that leads students towards the development of ecological consciousness? Andrew Carpino and Casey Sukeforth (private school educators)
- How can I incorporate transdisciplinary and solutions-based education into my Environmental Science curriculum? What best practices could I identify and use in my curriculum planning? Anna Karolyshyn (high school science teacher)
- How does being outdoors for thirty minutes every morning affect students? Martha Harney (elementary science teacher)
- Connecting Residential Outdoor Education Schools to Students' Lives at Home and School Question: What practices could be improved or added by Pathfinder Ranch staff to better prepare students and teachers for their visit, and to help integrate their visit back into their classroom and personal lives? Ryan Mayeta (education director, Pathfinder Ranch)
- How can I foster and facilitate a community that creates connection to place and fosters ecological consciousness? How can I effectively foster and facilitate a group of families actively engaging their children with experiences in nature? Gayle Bodge (education program development specialist)
