This book presents a fresh view of action research as a methodology uniquely suited to researching the processes of innovation and change.
This book includes theoretical and historical overviews of action research, reflections on the writing process, narratives about the design and difficult internal processes of ACRES, and a selection of the participants' writings.
Written with Jean McNiff’s trademark enthusiasm and accessibility, this book – complete with a practical workbook – gives readers all they need to be able to do action research in their own context with confidence.
The text positions action research as a fundamental component of teaching and helps it's readers not only acquire the skills to conduct quality studies, but also how to make it a part of everyday teaching practice.
This Fifth Edition adds enhanced coverage of rigor and ethics in action research, means of establishing quality of both quantitative and qualitative data, as well as strengthened pedagogical features.
Inclusion throughout the text of digital research tools that can be used by action researchers through each phase of the action research process.
The text positions action research as a fundamental component of teaching and helps it′s readers not only acquire the skills to conduct quality studies, but also how to make it a part of everyday teaching practice.
Written for pre-and in-service educators, this Third Edition of Craig A. Mertler's Action Research: Improving Schools and Empowering Educators introduces the process of conducting one's own classroom- or school-based action research in ...
Known for its practical, step-by-step guidance for teachers on how to do research in classrooms. Born of the author's own experience working with teachers and principals, this book provides a...
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The Third Edition of this popular text provides a simple but highly effective model for approaching action research: * Look: Building a picture and gathering information * Think: Interpreting and explaining * Act: Resolving issues and ...
The text also reinforces how action research can improve the teaching and learning process by reinforcing or changing perceptions about the use of informal data, including anecdotal notes or observations, in the research process.
This book presents a fresh view of action research as a methodology uniquely suited to researching the processes of innovation and change. Drawing on twenty-five years' experience of leading or...
In this new edition Jean McNiff provides updates on methodological discussions and includes new sections of case study material and information on supporting action research.
The nine chapters in the second part of the book illustrate the many ways action research is practiced today.
Community-based action research seeks to involve as active participants those who have traditionally been called subjects. This book provides a a simple but highly effective model for approaching action research.
- Authentic student and teacher classroom artifacts provide you with the actual types of materials encountered every day by teachers.To order this book WITH MyEducationLab, use either ISBN: ISBN-13: 9780138020217 ISBN-10: 0138020213
This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include anymedia, website access codes, or print supplements that may comepackaged with the bound book.Born of the author's own experience workingwith teachers and principals, Action ...