A COLLABOLATIIVE RESEARCH FOR TEACHERS' DEVELOPMENT: A COMPARARIVE STUDY BETWEEN THE REFLECTIVE METHOD AND ACTION RESEARCH.

本项目旨在揭示日本的反思方法与行动研究之间的异同。比较的结果表明，日本文化和加拿大文化在课堂上的一些相似之处和差异。本研究旨在重建教师发展的反思方法。研究结果表明：（1）反思法和行动研究对教师发展都是有效的。(2)这两种方法都包括两个过程，即教师的自我反思和与同事的分享。(3)在这两种方法中，教师和研究者之间建立网络是非常重要的。(4)在反思性教学中，最重要的是建立教师的自我帮助。另一方面，在行动研究中鼓励教师和分享他们的实践知识是最重要的。但也没有一点依赖她/他的同事。(5)我们开发了一个帮助系统的老师谁想要反映她/他的教学。DVD和DV中的课堂数据都是有效的。

This project was intend to reveal similarities and differences between the reflective method of Japan and the action research. And the results of the comparison would suggest some similarities and differences between Japanese culture and Canadian culture in classrooms. Then this project was intend to reconstruct the reflective method for teacher development. The following results were obtained, mostly remarkable during the final year of the project:(1) Both the reflective method and the action research are effective for teacher development.(2) Both approaches include two processes, and these arc teacher's self reflection and sharing it with colleagues.(3) It is very important to build network within teachers and researchers together in both approaches.(4) It is the most important to build a self help for teachers in the reflective method. The other side it is the most important to encourage teachers and share their practical knowledge in the action researchWe can find easily the collaborative school culture in Japanese primary school. But there are not a little to depend on her/his colleagues.(5) We developed a help system for a teacher who wants to reflect her/his teaching. It is effective both classroom data in DVD and DV.