AR Blog Posting
1. What changed in your set up from cycle 1 to cycle 2?
There has been a hiatus in my action research because of a course I had to repeat three times before getting through it. As a result the progression through my action research has not been systematic as planned.
More importantly there has been a change in the educational programs offered to inmates in the prison where I teach.
Firstly there is a cut in the number of type and in the number of teachers that over 50% of teachers are being reassigned to other state jobs that are not educationally related. this shows the level of regard that the prison environment has for education of inmates. Secondly the educational program that offered the problem I am studying to find a solution , ‘The Bridging Education Program’ has been abolished or has been dismantled. Yet I know that the problem of frequent interruptions in inmates education occurs whichever program is offered to inmates.
2. What’s happening that you didn’t expect?
These interruptions in my personal academic progress I did not expect. Besides I did not expect that California State budget woes will be such that the hope of reforming inmates will be in jeopardy as it today with the restructuring going on in correctional education.
3. How are you tracking data differently?
Data for my research is being tracked differently by observation of what is happening in place of work. And it is not a positive one so far. I am still current with publications in the correctional education that address the problem i am studying.
4. How has FPR contributed to your Action Research?
Film Principles in education (FPR) has through story map and pre and post production plans reinforced my understanding of the need to think through what I am doing and have clearer in my mind before embarking on the research
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