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S human characteristics: demographic lian communities: population l hazards in ng australian communities: research ork and research action onal ork and research action ork and research action work samples end of stage 5 (end of year 10) grade steps are to be completed individually at home after the 6 - process and analyse the data 7 - select presentation methods to communicate the research findings 8 - propose individual or group action in response to the research findings and, where appropriate, take such tin class, students have been learning about geographical issues on australia’s coast and how they can be managed sustainably. Fieldwork techniques, data collection and presentation methods will be discussed in ch action plan: the steps completed so far (steps 1–5) in class and during the excursion to a beach. 10 applies geographical knowledge, understanding and skills with knowledge of civics to demonstrate informed and active ia for assessing learningstudents will be assessed on their ability to:Undertake geographical research in the field using appropriate tools and their knowledge and relevant geographical information from the icate using relevant geographic terms and t a logical, well-structured report of their research | nsw education standards ment resource centre (arc). 10 applies geographical knowledge, understanding and skills with knowledge of civics to demonstrate informed and active ia for assessing learningstudents will be assessed on their ability to:Undertake geographical research in the field using appropriate tools and their knowledge and relevant geographical information from the icate using relevant geographic terms and t a logical, well-structured report of their research findings. Succinct definition of action research appears in the workshop materials we use at the institute for the study of inquiry in education. That definition states that action research is a disciplined process of inquiry conducted by and for those taking the action. The primary reason for engaging in action research is to assist the “actor” in improving and/or refining his or her tioners who engage in action research inevitably find it to be an empowering experience. Relevance is guaranteed because the focus of each research project is determined by the researchers, who are also the primary consumers of the s even more important is the fact that action research helps educators be more effective at what they care most about—their teaching and the development of their students. When teachers have convincing evidence that their work has made a real difference in their students' lives, the countless hours and endless efforts of teaching seem action research ional action research can be engaged in by a single teacher, by a group of colleagues who share an interest in a common problem, or by the entire faculty of a school. These seven steps, which become an endless cycle for the inquiring teacher, are the following:Identifying research informed 1—selecting a action research process begins with serious reflection directed toward identifying a topic or topics worthy of a busy teacher's time. Selecting a focus begins with the teacher researcher or the team of action researchers asking: what element(s) of our practice or what aspect of student learning do we wish to investigate? 2—clarifying second step involves identifying the values, beliefs, and theoretical perspectives the researchers hold relating to their focus.
For example, if teachers are concerned about increasing responsible classroom behavior, it will be helpful for them to begin by clarifying which approach—using punishments and rewards, allowing students to experience the natural consequences of their behaviors, or some other strategy—they feel will work best in helping students acquire responsible classroom behavior 3—identifying research a focus area has been selected and the researcher's perspectives and beliefs about that focus have been clarified, the next step is to generate a set of personally meaningful research questions to guide the 4—collecting sional educators always want their instructional decisions to be based on the best possible data. Action researchers can accomplish this by making sure that the data used to justify their actions are valid (meaning the information represents what the researchers say it does) and reliable (meaning the researchers are confident about the accuracy of their data). Lastly, before data are used to make teaching decisions, teachers must be confident that the lessons drawn from the data align with any unique characteristics of their classroom or ensure reasonable validity and reliability, action researchers should avoid relying on any single source of data. Most teacher researchers use a process called triangulation to enhance the validity and reliability of their findings. Observing a phenomenon through multiple “windows” can help a single researcher compare and contrast what is being seen through a variety of planning instruction, teachers want the techniques they choose to be appropriate for the unique qualities of their students. All teachers have had the experience of implementing a “research-proven” strategy only to have it fail with their students. The ability of the action research process to satisfy an educator's need for “fit” may be its most powerful attribute. Because the data being collected come from the very students and teachers who are engaged with the treatment, the relevance of the findings is the harried and overworked teacher, “data collection” can appear to be the most intimidating aspect of the entire seven-step action research process. The key to managing triangulated data collection is, first, to be effective and efficient in collecting the material that is already swirling around the classroom, and, second, to identify other sources of data that might be effectively surfaced with tests, classroom discussions, or 5—analyzing gh data analysis often brings to mind the use of complex statistical calculations, this is rarely the case for the action researcher. A number of relatively user-friendly procedures can help a practitioner identify the trends and patterns in action research data. During this portion of the seven-step process, teacher researchers will methodically sort, sift, rank, and examine their data to answer two generic questions:What is the story told by these data? Answering these two questions, the teacher researcher can acquire a better understanding of the phenomenon under investigation and as a result can end up producing grounded theory regarding what might be done to improve the 6—reporting is often said that teaching is a lonely endeavor.
The loneliness of teaching is unfortunate not only because of its inefficiency, but also because when dealing with complex problems the wisdom of several minds is inevitably better than sad history of teacher isolation may explain why the very act of reporting on their action research has proven so powerful for both the researchers and their colleagues. The reporting of action research most often occurs in informal settings that are far less intimidating than the venues where scholarly research has traditionally been shared. Faculty meetings, brown bag lunch seminars, and teacher conferences are among the most common venues for sharing action research with peers. However, each year more and more teacher researchers are writing up their work for publication or to help fulfill requirements in graduate programs. Regardless of which venue or technique educators select for reporting on research, the simple knowledge that they are making a contribution to a collective knowledge base regarding teaching and learning frequently proves to be among the most rewarding aspects of this 7—taking informed informed action, or “action planning,” the last step in the action research process, is very familiar to most teachers. When teachers write lesson plans or develop academic programs, they are engaged in the action planning process. What makes action planning particularly satisfying for the teacher researcher is that with each piece of data uncovered (about teaching or student learning) the educator will feel greater confidence in the wisdom of the next steps. Although all teaching can be classified as trial and error, action researchers find that the research process liberates them from continuously repeating their past mistakes. More important, with each refinement of practice, action researchers gain valid and reliable data on their developing purposes for action stated earlier, action research can be engaged in by an individual teacher, a collaborative group of colleagues sharing a common concern, or an entire school faculty. These three different approaches to organizing for research serve three compatible, yet distinct, purposes:Building the reflective progress on schoolwide ng professional ng the reflective individual teachers make a personal commitment to systematically collect data on their work, they are embarking on a process that will foster continuous growth and development. In this way, the individual teachers conducting action research are making continuous progress in developing their strengths as reflective progress on schoolwide singly, schools are focusing on strengthening themselves and their programs through the development of common focuses and a strong sense of esprit de corps. As a result, when a faculty chooses to focus on one issue and all the teachers elect to enthusiastically participate in action research on that issue, significant progress on the schoolwide priorities cannot help but ng professional an entire faculty will share a commitment to student development, yet the group finds itself unable to adopt a single common focus for action research.
However, like the doctors at the medical center, the teachers in a “quality” school may well differ on which specific aspects of the shared vision they are most motivated to pursue at any point in s whose faculties cannot agree on a single research focus can still use action research as a tool to help transform themselves into a learning organization. It is common practice in a quality medical center for physicians to engage in independent, even idiosyncratic, research agendas. However, it is also common for medical researchers to share the findings obtained from their research with colleagues (even those engaged in other specialties). In these schools, multiple action research inquiries occur simultaneously, and no one is held captive to another's priority, yet everyone knows that all the work ultimately will be shared and will consequently contribute to organizational action research now? Ever there were a time and a strategy that were right for each other, the time is now and the strategy is action research! With the exploding knowledge base on teaching and learning and the heightened demands on teachers to help all children achieve mastery of meaningful objectives, the inadequacy of the blue-collar model for teaching is becoming much the teachers in a school begin conducting action research, their workplace begins to take on more of the flavor of the workplaces of other professionals. Nevertheless, great personal satisfaction comes from playing a role in creating successful solutions to continually changing puzzles. For this reason, it is imperative that these 21st century pioneers, our classroom teachers, conduct the research on “standards attainment” the time is right for action research. Publishing and communications ch findings & evidence-based research y & disparities logy assessment research y & disparities available findings on quality of and access to health sources available from care cost and utilization project (hcup). Als & health tion & chronic y & patient g opportunity g opportunities announcement grants policy informed consent & authorization toolkit for minimal risk grants policy l regulations & l register access to federally funded l emphasis ng & education application, review & award application ation deadlines & important tips for grant mechanisms & ation receipt & sections for scientific peer -award grant grantee g recognition for your ahrq-funded t research online database (prod). Database of ahrq grants, working papers & hhs recovery act projects funded by the patient-centered outcomes research trust research summit on diagnostic research summit on learning health al advisory council research zation & version [ - 449. Ten steps of action epps implementation epps is a teamwork system developed jointly by the department of defense (dod)and the agency for healthcare research and quality (ahrq) to improve institutional collaboration and communication relating to patient 1.
Choose members with relevant clinical expertise, workplace location, credibility, and direct involvement in the processes that will be affected by the teamstepps y, all change team members will attend team l change team size is five or six ement of both physicians and nurses from the clinical workspace is change team then proceeds through steps 2 to 2. And/or patient satisfaction teams may want to define three or four problems/opportunities and then select the highest priority for the teamstepps for problems/opportunities that meet the following criteria:The associated process occurs owns in team performance could result in harm to s change is feasible and likely within the ster the ahrq patient safety culture survey and/or the team assessment questionnaire prior to conducting medical team training or implementing your teamstepps intervention. This becomes particularly important when testing the effectiveness of your teamstepps e 1 of process and outcome problem: suboptimal pre-op communication between surgical teams in general surgery se the percentage of unit staff who has received training to at least 80% within 2 months of team training se the rate of general surgery cases with standardized pre-op briefings by 40% within 3 months of teamstepps intervention outcome aim: increase the perception among general surgery service staff of good team behavior, as assessed by the team assessment questionnaire, within 6 months of the teamstepps intervention al outcome aim:increase the percentage of surgical patients who receive prophylactic antibiotics appropriately time prior to incision rom current 85% to 100% within 4 months of the teamstepps intervention e 2 of process and outcome problem: suboptimal telephone communication of patient information from staff labor and delivery (l&d) nurses to staff l&d se the percentage of l&d nurses and physicians who receive training on sbar to at least 80% within one month of medical team training se the use of sbar by l&d nurses during telephone communications to l&d physicians by at least 60% within 2 months of teamstepps intervention outcome aim: increase the perception among general surgery service staff of good team behavior, as assessed by the team assessment questionnaire, within 6 months of the teamstepps intervention al outcome aim: increase l&d physicians' average rating of the quality of l&d nurses' telephone communication of patient information by at least 50% within 3 months of teamstepps intervention p aims that specifically address the target problem identified during step time and thought into defining the problem and defining the aims of your teamstepps intervention since they are the most important steps in action plan development. The target problem and stated aims drive the development of all remaining components of the action 4. The following key actions should be performed in the order they appear:Flowchart or map the process during which the target problem/challenge/opportunity occurs - write down the process steps as they currently occur and identify who is doing what, when, with what the process to identify risk points where things could go wrong and lead to a recurrence of the target problem/challenge/fy where in your process team strategies and tools might eliminate or mitigate the risk points and prevent the problem from ine which team tools and strategies, such as the brief, huddle, debrief, step, sbar, and i pass the baton, would work best to eliminate the process risk points. Develop a plan for testing the effectiveness of your teamstepps ive: to develop a method to determine if your teamstepps intervention achieved your aims. For each aim you select, create a testing method by performing the following key actions:Identify who on your change team will be responsible for data collection, analysis, and presentation (generation of graphs and charts). You may use already developed surveys such as the ahrq patient safety culture survey, the team assessment questionnaire, or existing patient or staff satisfaction surveys. Failure to show improvement in team performance or in clinical outcomes may be due to the staff's failure to implement the intervention and not to the ineffectiveness of the intervention you will use any patient data, ensure your plan adheres to all patient rights and privacy laws and regulations. Develop an implementation ive: part a: to develop a plan for training your staff in the medical teamwork knowledge and skills required to successfully implement your teamstepps b: to develop a plan for putting your teamstepps intervention into a: develop a plan for medical team to implementing your teamstepps intervention, you will need to provide medical team training to staff members and other personnel who will be involved in the intervention. Complete the following key actions to develop part a of your implementation plan:Identify your trainee audience(s) and their training ine who (staff members within a targeted unit/department) needs to be trained on what medical teamwork knowledge/skills and by fy the instructors for each p a training plan for each audience, including:Who will attend the training team knowledge, skills you will the training sessions will occur and for how the sessions will you will train (method of presentation, tools, supplies. If so, repeat the above actions for refresher your training e time for developing your materials and managing e initial, newcomers', and refresher training, if b: develop an implementation plan for the teamstepps b of the implementation plan addresses how you will put your teamstepps intervention into place.
Complete the following key actions:Identify person(s) responsible for ine how you will implement teamstepps intervention in order to achieve your will use what team strategies and tools, when, and where? An implementation and resources (for part a and part b):Teamstepps training er pilot testing both your medical team training and your intervention implementation plans with a small group prior to implementing the programs on a larger er establishment of a teamstepps learning action network for follow-up and information sharing. Develop a plan for sustained continuous ive: to develop a plan for continuous process improvement with your teamstepps intervention, including plans for on-going assessment of the effectiveness of the intervention, for sustainment of positive changes, and for identification of opportunities for further p a plan for monitoring over time the effectiveness of your teamstepps purpose of the monitoring plan is two-fold — to determine if your intervention continues to achieve your aims and to identify opportunities for further process ing a monitoring plan is similar to designing a testing plan (step 5). The monitoring plan is often just a simplified version of the testing plan — with fewer and less frequent measurements. S) responsible for implementation and ine how data from your monitoring plan will be used to continually improve processes and p a plan for sustaining and spreading positive er a recognition and rewards p a plan for timely continuous feedback on performance and for sharing lessons ine how you will monitor teamwork behavior and provide on-going teamwork er how you will spread positive changes to other workspaces or to other processes within your ate your teamstepps intervention into existing processes for long-term sustainment. Develop a communication ive: to create a communication plan targeting major stakeholders that will generate initial and on-going support for the teamstepps initiative and promote the maintenance and spread of positive fy your support will be important for achieving the aims of your intervention and for maintaining positive changes? Organization leaders, front-line leaders, staff directly involved in the intervention, patients, support staff, and other units impacted by the each of your identified stakeholder groups, develop a communication plan including:Goals for communication with this group. Putting it all together: write the teamstepps action ive: to generate a written action plan, based on steps 1 through 8 that will function as your "how-to guide" for every component of your teamstepps you completed each of the worksheets for steps 1 through 8, you have already written your teamstepps action plan. Ensure that your final action plan includes all of the following elements:Identification of the change fication of the problem, challenge, or opportunity for improvement that will be the focus of the teamstepps aims of the teamstepps ed description of the teamstepps intervention. Plan for testing the effectiveness of the teamstepps implementation plan for both medical team training and for the teamstepps intervention. Communication plan to generate support for the teamstepps initiative, to keep major stakeholders informed of progress, and to maintain and spread positive 1 through 8 worksheets (you have already created your customized teamstepps action plan by completing step 1 through 8 worksheets! Review your teamstepps action plan with key ive: to generate support and elicit ideas from major stakeholders, and to identify barriers to program fy stakeholders who could contribute significantly to the action plan.
Consider organization leaders, front-line leaders, persons directly involved in the intervention, and personnel with special expertise such as facility data key stakeholders to review your action plan and to provide input. Specifically request that they identify any potential problem areas and offer your action plan based on their input, if may want to ask some stakeholders to review only certain sections of the action d to next last reviewed october 2014 page originally created september video is queuequeuewatch next video is cribe from jojacuevas c? Please try again hed on apr 6, 2016geo rd youtube autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play is action research? To: develop an action ping a research to create a research g a research ping a research question. A research plan some ng your research research for deutsch - ng an ideal ng a manageable research in the research ing research skills - entation plan template / action plan t planning process: 5 steps to project management t management g more suggestions...
