1. Keep the F-U-N In Education. An Action Research Plan On Play Based Education. Tressa Morris EDU 671 Dr. Miller September 8,2016

2. Focus The purpose of this study is to use data and observations of preschool children in two different educational models to highlight the importance of a play based child centered curriculum on all areas of the child’s development.

3. Explanation Of The Problem Attitudes Parents School Staff Co-workers Co-worker gave into pressure Changed her Classroom Around Issues in the classroom Children not progressing in all areas of development Behavior

4. Defining the variables Teacher education Classroom dynamics Social economic level of the students Boys vs girls Ages of the students

5. Questions What does the teacher in classroom 2 think the reason is that her children are not progressing in all areas of development? What were the beginning of the year developmental screenings results of each classroom on average ? What were the mid-year and end of the year results of each classroom? How many incidents of misbehavior have been observed? Are the children actively engaged in their learning?

6. Description of intervention Keep it simple Do a mock teaching module Return classroom number two to play based curriculum Do mid year assessments and look for improvements in classroom 2

7. Describe The Membership The membership of the action research group will be the teacher from classroom 2 and myself.

8. Describe Negotiations Meet with our mangers to Ensure that no ones job will be lost as a result of the research That proper support will be given to transition classroom 2 to a play based, child centered curriculum

9. Timeline The plan will last six weeks Phase 1 Have a meeting and do a Mock Teaching Trial to show my point Phase 2 Collect the beginning of the year data and transition the classroom to a play based child centered curriculum Phase 3 Observe and collect data Phase 4 Review data and come to a determination

10. Needed resources Both teachers need to have access to the Brigance Scores and CC.net Classroom 2 will need play based materials

11. Data Collection Tools I will use Interview Assessments Observations

12. Action Plan The action plan answers the big and pressing question The question is Do children learn better and stay engaged more in play based curriculum? The plan is prove that they do by collecting data from two classrooms Interpreting the data Doing a mock classroom module to show the participants how the students feel

13. References Goldstein, Lisa. 2008. "Teaching the Standards is Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Strategies for Incorporating the Sociopolitical Dimension of DAP in Early Childhood Teaching." Early Childhood Education Journal 36, no. 3: 253-260. Academic Search Leung, C., Wong, B. K., & Wong, J. (2013). Conceptions of learning in pre-service and in- service early childhood education students and the impact of teaching experience. Australasian Journal Of Early Childhood, 38(3), 57. Mills, G. E. (2014). Action research: A guide for the teacher researcher (5th ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.