Global Action Research Collaborative on Girls’ Education (GARC)
“Action research allows teachers to study their own classrooms—for example, their own instructional methods, their own students, and their own assessments—in order to better understand them and to be able to improve their quality or effectiveness.”GARC at a Glance
The Global Action Research Collaborative on Girls’ Education is the world’s first action research program that engages girls’ school educators from around the world in informed, collaborative, and disciplined, action research. The program builds both a network of girls’ school educators from around the world and a library of valuable and relevant research on girls’ education.
The Global Action Research Collaborative on Girls’ Education encourages applications from educators eager to learn about the action research process as a tool for evaluating the impact of new approaches in the classroom and as an ongoing reflective practice in evaluating the efficacy of initiatives in teaching girls. A leadership development opportunity, fellows write up and present their findings on a global stage, engaging with like-minded and passionate educators from schools and countries all over the world.
This program is designed as an entry level introduction to action research and is accessible to all teachers, regardless of their experience with formal research.
With regular training meetings and research advisors assigned to each fellow, there is support and guidance throughout the 18-month program culminating in the presentation of research findings at the ICGS annual conference in June.
This program is designed as an entry level introduction to action research and is accessible to all teachers, regardless of their experience with formal research.
With regular training meetings and research advisors assigned to each fellow, there is support and guidance throughout the 18-month program culminating in the presentation of research findings at the ICGS annual conference in June.
Educators at girls’ schools around the world underscore their commitment to continually evaluating, enhancing, and evolving their teaching approaches and methodologies based on the findings from their action research projects. The knowledge they gain and the approaches that they institute and refine have been shown to benefit not only the expert practitioners who participate in GARC, but also the students they serve for many years to come.