4. Hilda TabaHilda Taba
• Identifying problem
• Analysis of problem
• Formulating ideas or hypothesis
• Implementation/action
• Collecting data
• Evaluating the results
5. Identifying an area of focusIdentifying an area of focus
• Involve teaching and learning and
should focus on your own practice
• Something within your locus of
control
• Something you feel passionate about
• Something you would like to change
or improve.
6. Guidelines for dataGuidelines for data
collectioncollection
• Be clear as to why you are collecting data.
• Be clear about how you are going to use that data
• The data collected should be
- accurate
- useful
- must not be too time consuming
- must be reliable enough to allow you to formulate
hypothesis and develop strategies with confidence.
• Decide how much data is to be collected.
• Use multiple sources of data to increase the believability of
findings i.e. triangulation.
7. Data collection: the 5W’sData collection: the 5W’s
and an Hand an H
• WHY are we collecting this data?
• WHAT exactly are we collecting?
• WHERE are we going to collect the data
and for how long?
• WHEN are we going to collect the data
and for how long?
• WHO is going to collect the data?
• How will data be collected and displayed?
