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Task 9.3 @
One of the simplest ways of presenting is to do so via a poster presentation. You can prepare a poster in advance, use it
more than once, and you don’t need to rely on technology! Here are four posters from teachers we have met in this book.
1. Can you work out who created which one?
2. Which one do you like most, and why?
Commentary
We will probably all have
different answers to the
second question, and the variety provides a useful
insight into how different teachers understand the
research process. For example,
Poster C refers to
the way action research is often represented as a
circle (see also 9.5 below) whereas in Poster B the
research process is represented as a journey.
Poster A.
Poster C.
Poster D.
Poster B.
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Task 9.4
Choose one of the posters above (A to D). If needed, read
through the corresponding story again to refresh your
memory
with the details, and then answer the following
questions, either by making notes, or discussing with
a colleague:
1. What information did this teacher choose to present
in their poster?
2. Where did they decide to use images? Why?
3. What questions would you ask them after the
presentation?
4. What would you have done differently in the poster?
As you gain confidence
in your presenting skills, and also
in the value of your research for others, you may want to do
a talk or a workshop at a Teacher Association conference.
Lorena, a Champion Teacher
whose report you read in
Chapter Two, did that. She presented her research at a
conference organised by RICELT (Red de Investigador@s
Chilen@s en ELT: the Network of Chilean ELT Researchers)
along with other teacher-researchers. You can watch her
presentation here:
championteachers.weebly.com/lorena
An alternative or additional way to begin sharing your
research with others is to use social media. One simple
way to do this is to record yourself presenting your
research findings on a
digital camera or mobile phone,
and then upload this recording to YouTube, Facebook
or other platform. If you’re giving a talk at a conference
or workshop, or even in front of a small group of other
teachers, why not ask
a colleague to record your
presentation and then upload the recording together
with photographs of your poster?
You can see some examples of online presentations
on the following website:
http://classroombasedresearch.weebly.com/outcomes.html
There are more examples in this Facebook group, and you
can join it to share your own video:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/teachersresearch/
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