An Action Research Project to Determine the Utility of Bully Prevention in Positive Behavior Support for Elementary School Bullying Prevention

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 2156759X1301700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Goodman-Scott ◽  
Beth Doyle ◽  
Pamelia Brott
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Positive Behavior Support ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Bullying Prevention ◽  
School Bullying ◽  
Positive Behavior ◽  
Behavior Support ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Bully Prevention

A trio of researchers presents a case study from a practical, participatory action research project to demonstrate how one school district implemented a school-wide bullying prevention initiative for all elementary schools based on Bully Prevention in Positive Behavior Support (BP-PBS). The purpose of this manuscript is to discuss the process of creating a district-wide bullying initiative, including the initial years of implementation, to assist other school counselors and districts in their bullying prevention efforts. The researchers briefly describe the initiative, the action research process, and reflect on results from the project.

Education and Entrepreneurship: Best Learning from Helm Project at Cenderawasih University

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Beth L. Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
Entrepreneurship Education ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Outcome Data ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Formal Curriculum ◽  
Learning Module

<p>In 2013, as part of the Higher Education Leadership and Management national initiative sponsored by US AID, Universitas Cenderawasih proposed an action research project to address the under-employment of UNCEN graduates through purposeful entrepreneurship education. Although entrepreneurship education had been introduced previously at UNCEN, it had never been custom designed to integrate theory and practice appropriate to Papua as part of the formal curriculum.  This paper focuses on the use of core principles of the action research process (ARP) to develop and implement a locally effective curriculum for students enrolled in UNCEN’s Faculty of Economics. A central value underlying the project was the development of a curriculum that could address social inequalities in Papua, specifically the significant under-representation of Papuan native peoples in the entrepreneurship sector.Through a mixed methods approach that used demographic, attitudinal and outcome data as well as observational, interview and focus group data, the ARP team designed an experientially-based learning module, documented implementation of thepilot learning module, evaluated its effectiveness, and developed proposals for improvement and institutionalization. As a result of its action research project, the ARP team suggests that future iterations of the entrepreneurship curriculum at UNCEN should adopt a culturally responsive pedagogy (Gay, 2010; Ladson-Billings, 1995) that addresses the disparities in cultural and social capital shown to be significant in the ARP to entrepreneurship education.</p>

A reflexive account on my positionality in a collaborative action research project in a Seychelles secondary school

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jemma Simeon
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Strategy Instruction ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Collaborative Action Research ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Research Project ◽  
Planning Stage ◽  
Content Type

Purpose – The paper is based on a doctoral action research project in which three ESL teachers and the author in one secondary school in the Seychelles focused on strategy instruction in the process approach to writing instruction with the aim of helping students become effective writers. The project enabled the author to establish relationships with the participating teachers as educator, facilitator and collaborator. To ensure the trustworthiness of the research, the author needed to clarify and explore the complex relationships to the setting and participants being studied. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – In this paper, the author reflexively discusses the development nature of my research: language learning strategies (LLS) and draw upon my experience of working with three ESL Seychellois teachers in the reflection and planning stage of the Core Action Research project to critically reflect on the negotiation of my position in practice. Findings – Reflecting on the author’s positionality in relation to how the teacher participants constructed the identity has helped the author to be more reflexive and engage with the research process in a more meaningful way. Originality/value – The author’s experience suggests that one’s positionality is never fixed and stable, but rather may be characterized as changing and fluctuating according to the context, content, feelings and ideas expressed.

Preventing and Responding to Bullying: An Elementary School's 4-Year Journey

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 2156759X0001800
Author(s):  
Mary E. McCormac
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Bullying Prevention ◽  
School Bullying ◽  
Prevention And Intervention ◽  
Bullying Interventions ◽  
The Impact

Bullying continues to be a pervasive problem in schools and requires a schoolwide approach. This article describes the action research process used to examine the impact of a 4-year, K-5 school bullying prevention and intervention. The school counselors collaborated with students, staff, and parents to implement the program, and collected and analyzed data to improve the program. Results indicated that the program reduced bullying and increased students’ perception that adults listen to bullying reports. The author offers suggestions for improving bullying interventions.

Samen veranderen is samen leren

KWALON ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicolien Kromme ◽  
Kees Ahaus ◽  
Rijk Gans ◽  
Harry van de Wiel
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Healthy Lifestyle ◽  
Space Versus ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Central Place ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Research Project

Changing together is learning together. A participatory action research project on the role of the internist in promoting a healthy lifestyle This article describes the first three stages of an action research project. Following eight methodological principles of participatory action research, this article aims to give insight in the nature of the challenges and dilemmas involving internists, patients and patient representatives in the research process mention. Dilemmas included giving space versus limiting participation together with operating efficiently versus being flexible and honoring the input of all participants equally. It was a challenge to reflect not only on the content and procedures but also on everybody’s role in the learning process. In conclusion, action research offers a critical base for a participative and reflective method but it is also a challenge for busy healthcare practices that focus on content and concrete action and less on the learning process. Because reflection on the learning process is important for scientific standards, we suggest to give monitoring and reflection a central place in the action research cycle.

scholarly journals BULLY PREVENTION IN POSITIVE BEHAVIOR SUPPORT

2009 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 747-759 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott W Ross ◽  
Robert H Horner ◽  
Thomas Higbee
Keyword(s):  
Positive Behavior Support ◽  
Positive Behavior ◽  
Behavior Support ◽  
Bully Prevention
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