Teachers & Research

Module #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 should be able to use new research on education to their advantage. Through statistics, research shows that teachers can find new and better ways/methods of teaching in order to benefit their students in the best possible way. I think that teachers can use this research to promote more effective ways in teaching students and understanding what methods of teaching helps kids retain and learn the most information.

            Personally I believe, that teachers are able to use their experience in teaching in a classroom and what the researchers say to better adapt to what the students needs are. Researchers can also help with their knowledge of effective learning by giving ideas/experiments to try out within the classroom. I believe that teachers can also be researchers. They are able to take off time and research or do it on the side while they are teaching. They are able to research better ways to benefit themselves in the teaching environment and their students in the learning environment.