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Action Research : Principles and Practice.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Edition: 3rd edDescription: 1 online resource (241 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781136283758
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 370/.7/2
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Contents:
Intro -- Action Research: Principles and practice -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: What do we know? The principles of action research -- Chapter 1 What do we know? The principles of action research -- Chapter 2 How do we come to know? Linking theory and practice -- Chapter 3 Who has influenced our thinking? Key theorists in action research -- Chapter 4 What do we need to know? Exercising educational influence -- Part II: What do we do with our knowledge? The practices of action research -- Chapter 5 How do we do action research? Planning and doing a project -- Chapter 6 Monitoring practice, gathering data, generating evidence, and ethics -- Chapter 7 Practical issues -- Part III: How do we share our knowledge? Writing up and making public -- Chapter 8 Testing the validity of knowledge claims -- Chapter 9 Writing and presenting action research reports -- Chapter 10 Judging quality and demonstrating impact: The significance of your action research -- Part IV: How do we use our knowledge? Action research for good order -- Chapter 11 Action research for personal, social and institutional transformation -- Chapter 12 Action research for good order -- Part V: Hopes and prospects -- Chapter 13 Whither action research? -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Summary: Action Research: Principles and Practice discusses the importance for educators of understanding their own work and shows how their educative influence can lead to the development of good orders in formal and informal learning settings and in the wider community.
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Intro -- Action Research: Principles and practice -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I: What do we know? The principles of action research -- Chapter 1 What do we know? The principles of action research -- Chapter 2 How do we come to know? Linking theory and practice -- Chapter 3 Who has influenced our thinking? Key theorists in action research -- Chapter 4 What do we need to know? Exercising educational influence -- Part II: What do we do with our knowledge? The practices of action research -- Chapter 5 How do we do action research? Planning and doing a project -- Chapter 6 Monitoring practice, gathering data, generating evidence, and ethics -- Chapter 7 Practical issues -- Part III: How do we share our knowledge? Writing up and making public -- Chapter 8 Testing the validity of knowledge claims -- Chapter 9 Writing and presenting action research reports -- Chapter 10 Judging quality and demonstrating impact: The significance of your action research -- Part IV: How do we use our knowledge? Action research for good order -- Chapter 11 Action research for personal, social and institutional transformation -- Chapter 12 Action research for good order -- Part V: Hopes and prospects -- Chapter 13 Whither action research? -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Action Research: Principles and Practice discusses the importance for educators of understanding their own work and shows how their educative influence can lead to the development of good orders in formal and informal learning settings and in the wider community.

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