My AR has been a struggle too. Even though our projects might not be the best, we have still learned from them. I thought about this a lot while reading the "should" chapter. It really set in with me that I just have to move on and learn from my AR issues and general life mistakes. It isn't about what I could have done differently, but how I will do it better in the future.
Wk 3 reading - Learning from Our Mistakes
Mistakes can be like ice. If we resist them, we may keep on slipping into a posture of defeat. If we include mistakes in our definition of performance, we are likely to glide through them and appreciate the beauty of the longer run.
--Rosamund Zander, The Art of Possibility
My husband watches Mythbusters. A lot. One night this past week, I left my computer and came into the living room to watch TV with him, and Mythbusters' top 20 best episodes was on. A recurring theme that all the cast members spoke of was mistakes, how they learned from those mistakes, and how they adjusted their experiments as a result.
Much of my Action Research Project has been a study of mistakes, specifically how many mistakes I made that my data and results turned out so badly. I don't think that my AR project has turned out that well, especially compared to some of my classmates' projects, and I keep wishing that I could go back and redo some things so my project will be as good as others'.
The questions that go through my mind:
Did I not choose a topic soon enough? Did I start my cycles too late? Should I have chosen a different topic? Should I have tried one more time to get permission to send out that email with the link to my survey? Should I have tried harder to get those interviews? Would the interviews have added relevant information to my data?
Unfortunately, the past year hasn't been an experiment, and I can't go back in time, but if I had it all over to do again, I would fix some of the mistakes I made and hope for a better AR project. All I can do now is use the data that I do have and create the best possible project.
Much of my Action Research Project has been a study of mistakes, specifically how many mistakes I made that my data and results turned out so badly. I don't think that my AR project has turned out that well, especially compared to some of my classmates' projects, and I keep wishing that I could go back and redo some things so my project will be as good as others'.
The questions that go through my mind:
Did I not choose a topic soon enough? Did I start my cycles too late? Should I have chosen a different topic? Should I have tried one more time to get permission to send out that email with the link to my survey? Should I have tried harder to get those interviews? Would the interviews have added relevant information to my data?
Unfortunately, the past year hasn't been an experiment, and I can't go back in time, but if I had it all over to do again, I would fix some of the mistakes I made and hope for a better AR project. All I can do now is use the data that I do have and create the best possible project.
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