Using action research to improve the quality of teaching in basic education in remote schools in PNG. Paraide, Patricia, Evans, Terry, Honan, Eileen, Muspratt, Sandy and Reta, Medi 2011, Using action research to improve the quality of teaching in basic education in remote schools in PNG., in Proceedings of the Inaugural Universal Basic Education Conference, [unknown], [unknown]. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Using action research to improve the quality of teaching in basic education in remote schools in PNG. Author(s) Paraide, Patricia Evans, Terry orcid.org/0000-0001-5087-5727 Honan, Eileen Muspratt, Sandy Reta, Medi Conference name Inaugural Universal Basic Education Conference Conference location Port Moresby Conference dates 5-7 July 2011 Title of proceedings Proceedings of the Inaugural Universal Basic Education Conference Editor(s) [unknown] Publication date 2011 Total pages 7 Publisher [unknown] Place of publication [unknown] Keyword(s) Teachers' professional development Action Research Remote areas Summary This paper discusses the use of action research with teachers in remote primary schools in PNG to provide sustainable professional learning to help improve the quality of schooling. It arises from an ADRA research project being undertaken by the authors. The paper describes the project’s research design and its implementation to investigate the introduction, implementation and feasibility of teachers using action research to solve their own problems related to providing basic education in remote communities. If successful, action research may prove to be an effective approach to sustaining professional learning communities in locations where traditional approaches and means of professional development are difficult or impossible to sustain. The paper describes the research team’s approach to identifying and engaging schools in remote districts of Western and East Sepik provinces, surveying teachers in those districts about their professional learning needs and circumstances, identifying schools to trial action research, and to undertake the fieldwork to implement action research and to study its implementation. The teachers’ experiences with using action research are presented in the context of their particular research topics chosen for their school. To date, the findings suggest that teachers can use action research to help them improve the quality of the education they provide for children. However, the initiation and sustainability of such an action research approach is influenced by the capacities and commitment of head teachers and standards officers, in particular, valuing and understanding reflective practice and action research for professional learning in school communities. Language eng Field of Research 130313 Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators Socio Economic Objective 939906 Pacific Peoples Education HERDC Research category L2 Full written paper - non-refereed (minor conferences) Copyright notice ©2011, National Higher Education Research Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30036690 Document type: Conference Paper Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Education Higher Education Research Group   Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 16 Aug 2011, 15:54:15 EST Thu, 18 Aug 2011, 11:17:37 EST Thu, 18 Aug 2011, 15:57:03 EST Thu, 18 Aug 2011, 16:14:30 EST Thu, 18 Aug 2011, 16:17:09 EST Mon, 29 Apr 2013, 15:01:54 EST Wed, 17 Sep 2014, 19:48:02 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 439 Abstract Views, 3 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 16 Aug 2011, 15:54:05 EST by Terry Evans