Module Question 2

Module Question 2:      

New research on education is constantly conducted to better understand learning and improve teaching. How do you think teachers can use this research? How might teachers in classrooms and researchers collaborate? Do you think teachers can also be researchers? If so, how? If not, why not?

            Teachers can use this research on education to their benefit. I think that through research teachers can find the different ways that students learn and what the statistics show about how they learn the best. From that they can apply that to their own teaching methods to find a way to make students effectively learn more. It can also give them helpful methods and tools when it comes to teaching students with all different needs and struggles. Teachers in classrooms and researchers can collaborate by using what teachers find and experience in the classroom and comparing and contrasting that with what the researchers find in their studies to determine better methods of teaching. Together they may find through studies and experience ways to better understand and make teaching skills better.

            Yes I do believe that teachers can also be researchers. I think on a daily basis it is a teacher’s job to not only teach but study and watch their student’s behavior. Teachers always want to find a way to better themselves and help their students. I’m sure teachers also like to do research as a side job of teaching. They want to do whatever they can to learn and make a difference for themselves and their students.