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rev_number: 7
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creators_name: Teh , Oh Kian 
corp_creators: Institut Aminuddin Baki
title: ACTION RESEARCH VERSUS CLINICAL SUPERVISION — WHICH IS YOUR CHOICE? 
ispublished: pub
subjects: LB1603
full_text_status: public
keywords: action research; clinical supervision; school leader
abstract: On 28 February, 2006, the Director of EPRD Salleh Hassan was invited by the State Education Department of Malacca to launch the Seminar on Action Researches carried out by some of the educators in the three prongs of education, namely the primary and secondary schools and the teachers' training college in the state. The researches carried out and the findings obtained by the teachers involved were compiled in a book, which is the first to be published by a state education department in Malaysia. The education officers in Malacca state strongly believe that 'action research is a form of collective self-reflective enquiry undertaken by participants in social situations in order to improve the rationality and justice of their own social or educational practices' (Keminis & MrTaggart 1988, p.5). Subsequently after the launching of this seminar; teachers in Malacca have been called to carry out more action researches. This is a remarkable step taken by a state education department in Malaysia to foster educational change and reform. Nevertheless, this paper aims at comparing and contrasting the two methods which can be employed to improve education in schools, namely Action Research and Clinical Supervision. Some proposals have been highlighted; positive aspects of both the methods have been discussed. It remains a question for school leaders to decide which method is more important or is more needed to help to improve the competency of teachers and to improve the qualities of teaching in their organizations so that students have the opportunities to obtain optimal benefits. 
date: 2007-07-01
date_type: published
publication: Jurnal Pengurusan dan Kepimpinan Pendidikan
volume: 17
number: 01
publisher: Institut Aminuddin Baki
pagerange: 109-123
refereed: TRUE
issn: 1511-4147
citation:   Teh , Oh Kian   (2007) ACTION RESEARCH VERSUS CLINICAL SUPERVISION — WHICH IS YOUR CHOICE?  Jurnal Pengurusan dan Kepimpinan Pendidikan, 17 (01).  pp. 109-123.  ISSN 1511-4147     
document_url: http://eprints.iab.edu.my/v2/56/1/ACTION_RESEARCH_VERSUS_CLINICAL_SUPERVISION-_WHICH_IS_YOUR_CHOICE.pdf