All You Need to Know about Action Research

Name: All You Need to Know about Action Research
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ISBN: 9780857025838

ISBN-10: 085702583X

ISBN-13: 9780857025838

Edition: 2nd 2011

Authors: Jack Whitehead, Jean McNiff

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What is action research? Why do action research? When should you use action research? In the second edition of All You Need to Know about Action Research, expert practitioners Jean McNiff and Jack Whitehead guide you through everything you need to know to plan and carry out a successful action research project. The book provides: - A guide to the history and philosophy underpinning action research - Comprehensive coverage of the main theoretical debates in action research - A unique understanding of how action research can help your learning and your professional practice - Practical help in planning your project - Help with writing about your research and disseminating your findings. The…

Book details

List price: $27.99
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Limited
Publication date: 4/11/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Introduction



What Do I Need To Know?



What Is Action Research?



Who Can Do Action Research?



The Underpinning Assumptions of Action Research



Where Did Action Research Come from and Where Is it Now?



Why Do I Need To Know?



Why Do Action Research?



Learning to Improve Practice



Contributing to New Theory



Evaluating Your Research



How Do I Find Out?



Action Planning: Planning and Designing Your Action Research



Engaging with the Literatures



Doing Action Research: Carrying Out Your Action Plan



How Do I Generate Evidence To Support My Claim To Knowledge?



Monitoring Practice and Looking for Data



Gathering, Sorting and Storing Data



Turning the Data into Evidence



How Do I Test And Critique My Knowledge?



Testing the Validity of Your Claims to Knowledge



Establishing the Legitimacy of Your Claims to Knowledge



Engaging with the Politics of Knowledge



How Do I Represent And Disseminate My Knowledge?



Telling Your Research Story



Writing a Workplace Report



Writing a Report for Higher Degree Accreditation



Publishing and Disseminating Your Research



How Do I Show The Significance Of My Knowledge?



Explaining the Significance of Your Research



Developing New Epistemologies for Workplace Cultures of Enquiry


References


Index