Fifth blog entry

The role of research in improving our understanding of teaching

I think that this research help us as teacher to understand in a better way. Teachers are always learning, finding out things, analyzing information, adapting their behavior according to information received, looking to improve and adapting to modern demands. All of this constitutes research.

Research is understood as all the things that teachers do. Working with students to facilitate learning, teachers develop lesson plans, evaluate student work, and share outcomes with students, parents, and administrators. Designing and implementing a plan of action, observe and analyze outcomes, and modify plans to better meet the needs of students is call research.

Teachers project their own personality upon learning experiences when they are teaching and this sometimes can be a success or a fail but to be a success or a fail depends on students responds to their teacher’s personalities and experiences.    

                                              

Research methodologies give teachers the tools to analyze and make informed decisions about their practice also research helps teachers to share information or even techniques with colleague because research gives teachers the opportunity to develop new and different relationships with both colleagues and students. Too often research looks backwards and there are lessons to learn. Based on that I can say the research plays a big role in teacher’s improvement and understanding of teaching.

Teacher research empowers teachers to thoughtfully examine and analyze their teaching in order to improve it because if they really understand what teaching really means they are going to do their job in an effective way because teaching goes beyond of transferring knowledge to their students.

 The strength of teacher research is the development of a better understanding of classroom practice also this understanding help teachers to improve their way of teaching in order to be more effective in their job.

It is very important for teachers to use research in order to achieve success in their job but also they are going to help their students to learn and they are going to feel satisfied with their job.