Week 4 of the Action Research course has been extremely busy, not so much with the course work, but with the life I lead on a daily basis - teaching school. In addition to being the special education teacher for my K- 5th grade school, I am also the lead testing coordinator. That means, I am responsible for making sure students are grouped in the correct testing situations, accommodations are provided for those who receive them, test booklets are assigned and accounted for, plus making schedules and assigning test administrators. For those of you who are fellow test coordinators, you understand what I'm talking about. It's a big responsibility. There is a lot at stake, for the school and students. So, needless to say, Action Research has taken a back seat for this past week, and for at least most of next week.
Today, I read a paper on student motivation by Cagra Tugrul Mart, from Ishik University. "How to Sustain Students' Motivation in a Learning Environment". The author states in the conclusion of the paper, "Motivation needs to be concerned about by every educator." This is one of the points of my action research. I'm not sure that teachers, ones that I work with, truly realize the impact of their behavior on student motivation. We know this, but do we really understand this? I'm hoping to find out as I conduct my action research. I am hopeful that once we do realize our impact, that my school will see positive changes in its overall climate.
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