Kajian tindakan edisi ketiga bahagian perancangan dan penyelidikan dasar pendidikan

4.0 
THE DESIGN OF THE STUDY 
The action research comprised four cycles. When one cycle ended another cycle began. The first cycle 
was intended to set the context for the study, the second, to create dialectical relationships between 
teacher-researcher, pupil-researcher and teacher-pupil; the third to widen this relationship to include 
the other teachers, and the fourth to engage these teachers in theorizing about the meanings and 
implications of their teaching and the pupils’ learning processes. The four goals were grounded in my 
conversations with the teachers, and evolved from questions they asked and suggestions they made.
Each of the cycles consisted of the following components; planning (or framing the problem), 
observation, data collection and analysis, reflection and assessment. The planning phase sometimes 
closes the loop of this cycle by emerging directly from the assessment phase.
5.0 
CYCLE ONE: ESTABLISHING THE CONTEXT FOR THE STUDY 
5.1 
Framing the Problem 
At the beginning of the project, the mathematics teacher, Puan N was videotaped during her normal 
lessons. Conferencing was conducted in a separate time slot, which did not interfere with their regular 
teaching. It was done in the afternoon when the additional class or reinforcement class was held.
5.2 
Acting and Observing 
I prepared the study by videotaping the normal school lessons in the morning. At this time the video 
was used for reconnaissance purposes. I was curious about what was happening during the teaching 
sessions and how the teacher was teaching mathematics in English specifically how she was practicing 
the dyadic relationship, and to what extent she could transform this relationship into a dialogic 
interaction. Another reason was to get the teacher and the pupils used to the video camera in the 
classrooms. Most importantly, I wanted to create the context for a collaborative relationship with Puan 
N. I needed to create a situation whereby I could do research with her and not on her.