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As teachers, we are active researchers. We want to take action then journal the results. I think educational research is vital to us as educators better understanding our students, however, many researchers do take the objective approach and choose to research from afar without building relationships. Further we must realize that researchers of this capacity do this because if they get too involved, they can't get the clear, objective picture they are trying to research thus skewing the accuracy of results. This becomes a significant limitation on the study which in turn leading others to question the validity of the study. I do see what she means when she talks about the research process. It does seem at times that no one is trying to discover an answer. Research only prods which leads to more questions and more research!

Daily journaling is a great idea for teachers. We become the researcher in our own classroom! Why is this good? Because we know our students better than anyone in the school. Does not every teacher desire to affect a change? Why not write daily. There is no end to the patterns, mistakes, etc we may see or catch in daily journaling which will in the end lead us to be better educators. Teachers are researchers.