what would be the easiest topic for a beginner to do action research in a school.Is there any website for this
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Well, I would say assessment.\nI am doing one about whether students are more aware of assessment levels for reading and writing than speaking and listening (they are).\n\nOther people I know are doing whether written or verbal feedback is more effective in raising pupils marks.\n\nIts always useful to do something about disaffected boys and which type assessment works for them, peer marking, verbal or written.\nTry doing something simple like is it better to write a grade on a students work or not, because most students just read the mark and not the corrections or comments.\n\nThere are lots of useful books about action research, I got one off Amazon -Action Research in Classrooms and Schools by David Hustler.\n\nGood luck\n\n\nP.S contact me if you need to discuss futher.
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TPR--total physical response (for beginners).  (Google)\nTPRS-entire method--works wonderfully and engages students\ninfo gap activities--prepare a master with information about your topic (what people look like, where they're going).  White out half the information on each of two copies.  Give half the students one sheet and half the other.  They speak to each other to find the rest of the info. (google information gap)\nflyswatter--write a lot of vocab. on board or project lots of pictures.  You call the target language word and they rush to slap the English with a flyswatter or you call the English and vice versa.\nTeam picture telephone.  Have a good picutre using vocab. you're working with.  several kids look at picture.  Run to next person on team and explain picture.  That person runs to next person and explains picture.  That person runs to last person who draws.  At each stage students can run back and forth to the next person, but not all the way.  Target language only.  Fun chaos.\n\nThere are lots and lots of websites with games and activities for second langauge learning.  Try eslcafe.com (easily adapted to different langauges.) Google Foreign Language methods, or FLTeach (language teachers listsev) and access the archives.  Or join FLTeach and ask your question on list.
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I try to have my student teachers use exploratorium with their students.  Check the link below.\n\n-college science methods teacher trainer
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I would imagine, just a guess, that a very small percentage of the population (less than 10%) gets to take part in this program.  Contact you local school system and get the name and number of the local headstart teacher/program.  I teach grades 1-2 in the public system.  good luck with your project.
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do something fun . not to bore the kids or anything . some kind of reviewing activity like flash cards or a " mind dump " ( what my 5th grade teacher used to do ) a mind dump is where you take all your knowledge and just write it on a piece of paper. lol . if not then just go original and ask them questions .
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try: \nwww.wikipedia.com\nwww.ask.com\nwww.brainpop.com\nwww.thebestlink.com\n\nDo you know the Magic School Bus series? Watch/read the book on plants. The title of the book or the show is 'goes to seed' or if you want to know how plants make food, the title is something like How plants make food it is about the jack and the beanstalk play...\n\nAll the best for your project good luck...
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Ask someone in the field, most people love to talk about themselves.  If you need an excuse to talk to someone at a business, tell them your doing a school project and you were wondering if they would be available to answer a few questions.
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I wish there was a book.  I've found the best way is to simply talk to other teachers.  Borrow their ideas and shape them into what will work for you and your class.  It seems like at most staff developments the best you can hope to come away with is a few good ideas.
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I received from a friend a "survival kit for teachers" last year; it had several items with a clever explanation for each of them.  For example she put in a piece of a jigsaw puzzle that reminds me that I'm just a little part of the big picture, a band-aid for when my students' hurt and my efforts don't seem to work, an eraser to start each day on a clean slate, etc.  I found a site with some different ideas you could use for this http://www.kimskorner4teachertalk.com/classmanagement/survivalkit.html
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If I were a teacher, I'd like to read an essay about schools. The history of them, how they came about, how they compare to todays schools and tests. Maybe who the first teacher was, what they did to make school what it is today.
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I taught 5th grade a few yrs ago. I liked using their literature stories and have the students pick a character and write the story from a different perspective. You can also allow them to write about their hobby,how would someone describe you if they came into your room and didn't know you?What will you be involved in in high school? What is your goal for 30 yrs of age? Write about fav sportsman. Who is their hero? What is a hero? Feelings about America? I once did a story on a bag of marshmallows and they wrote from the marshmallows veiw. It was a good topic. You can use everyday objects and lay one on each desk. Recently I had my grandkids write a story about 3 items that I picked for them. The items had nothing in common but they wrote great stories. They also made a story plan by filling out a form with the characters,problem,2 paragraphs about how to solve the problem,how it was solved, and wraping up in the last paragragh. The next time I let them pick the items but it took them forever to get them. I think they were trying to think up a story while looking for the items. I was actually working with one grandson who was behind in reading due to ADHD( Delux!). He learned some from the new ideas I found for him and it was nice that the others of about the same age wrote with him.PBS.com is where I got some of my ideas(games,worksheets,books) to help him this summer so he got caught up. "Mrs.McGowen Lots About Reading" in the PBS site is a great source and has many ideas on all subjects. Best wishes! I miss teaching but have my hands full with grandkids!
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What sort of help do you need with ethnography? Do you have an assignment, or just curious?\nYou can email me here if you need assignment help:\nsundae552000-answers@yahoo.com.au\n\nI have done small amounts of ethnographic studies at university as a part of my teaching degree - in english and social sciences.
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Speaking as a teacher who has assigned research reports, I warn my students about Wikipedia.  I tell them it is a good starting point only.  I teach them how to think critically and how to evaluate information by showing them how to look at several different sources and see how much of the information is the same, and if it differs, to see what those differences mean.  \n\nWikipedia is a jumping-off point to more reliable, standard research.  That anyone can edit it means that there are going to be people out there with agendas who may write bias into the information.  I also teach my students about lies of commission and lies of omission as part of how people are persuaded to believe things.  \n\nWhile it is possible to keep a neutral point of view on most subjects that are not that controversial, I'd be extremely leery of "hot button" topics like abortion, racism, sexism, etc. -- basically anything that people have very strong feelings about.  However, having said that, looking up such "hot button" topics is a great way to study bias, propaganda, prejudice, persuasion and the emotional appeal of language.\n\nCheers, K
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http://www.sciencedaily.com/\nhttp://www.esi-topics.com/\nhttp://www.whatworks.ed.gov/topics/current_topics.html\n\nThey should get you going.
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I think you should go to like teaching tools or a place that has something to do with teaching or something like that.Good luck.
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This is a good site on how to do research.\nhttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/index.html