Lessons Learned from Week 2

In week two of EDLD 5301 - Research, the one point that sticks out in my mind came from Dr. Kirk Lewis, superintendent of Pasadena ISD in Pasadena, Texas (near Houston).

Dr. Lewis was interviewed as part of a series of three videos we were to watch for class related to three persons who had earned their doctoral degrees from Lamar. We were to watch the videos and note points made with reference to conducting action research.

In Dr. Lewis’ video, he gave the advice that teachers, or researchers, need to do what is practical for them. Though this seems like an obvious concept, he noted that a lot of times research is done for the sake of doing research without having any practical application to the researcher's real problems. Lewis drove home his point by saying that researchers need to look into practical things that they need to know to apply directly to student learning.