TeachingEnglish: Classroom research
How will the course help you?
By the end of Classroom research, you'll be able to:
- identify the skills and abilities you need for carrying out classroom research
- plan effective classroom-based research
- analyse research data and draw conclusions from it.
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What are the self-study modules in Classroom research?
- Module 1 – Engaging with classroom research
This module looks at the skills and abilities you need for carrying out classroom research. You'll also look at how you can collaborate with others while doing classroom-based research, and some of the benefits of collaboration and sharing.
- Module 2 – Planning the research process
This module looks at formulating your classroom research questions and how you can create tools to collect data from your classroom. You'll also be looking at planning your classroom research, the ethics involved and how to make sure you have any necessary consent for your research.
- Module 3 – Integrating classroom research
This module looks at the process of analysing research data and drawing conclusions from it to help you identify classroom actions or changes you’d like to make.
Course reviews
What have other teachers said about how Classroom research helped them?
"I designed a small-scale classroom research project to monitor student engagement during group work, using observation and reflective journals. This helped me adjust my teaching strategies to better support active participation."
Course participant, Moldova
"I learned to formulate better questions to explore and reflect over my teaching approach."
Course participant, Mexico
"One way I applied what I learned from the "Classroom Research" course was by conducting a small investigation into how different seating arrangements affected student focus during group activities. I observed and recorded student behavior over two weeks and noticed that mixed-ability pairs helped improve collaboration and on-task behavior in my Grade 2 class. This simple research helped me make a meaningful change in how I organize my classroom, based on actual evidence from my own teaching."
Course participant, Romania
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