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9781412908559

Action Research : Living Theory

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  • ISBN13:

    9781412908559

  • ISBN10:

    1412908558

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-04-27
  • Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd

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Summary

In Action Research: Living Theory, Jack Whitehead and Jean McNiff set out their vision of what action research should be and can be in the 21st century.

Author Biography

Jack Whitehead is a lecturer in Education at the University of Bath and a member of the Centre for Action Research in Professional Practice Jean McNiff is Professor of Educational Research at St Mary's University College, Twickenham, and Adjunct and Honorary Visiting Professor at the University of Limerick and Guyuan Teachers College

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(3)
Working with the Text 4(5)
PART 1 BACKGROUNDS AND CONTEXTS
9(52)
Background to our research: reasons and purposes
11(17)
What are our concerns?
Contexts of our research
28(19)
Why are we concerned?
Looking for data
47(14)
What experiences can we describe to show why we are concerned?
PART 2 GATHERING DATA AND GENERATING EVIDENCE
61(34)
Monitoring practice and gathering data
63(17)
What kind of data will we gather to show the situation as it unfolds?
Interpreting the data and generating evidence in relation to living critical standards of judgement
80(15)
How do we explain our educational influences in learning?
PART 3 ESTABLISHING VALIDITY AND LEGITIMACY
95(30)
Validity, legitimacy and moral authority
97(15)
How do we show that any conclusions we come to are reasonably fair and accurate?
The potential significance of our research
112(13)
How do we show the potential significance of our research?
PART 4 IMPLICATIONS, EVALUATIONS AND DISSEMINATION
125(28)
Case studies
127(13)
How do we show the implications of our research?
Evaluating the account of our research
140(13)
How do we evaluate the evidence-based account of our learning?
PART 5 TESTING OUR CLAIMS TO EDUCATIONAL KNOWLEDGE
153(15)
Into new research
155(13)
How do we modify our concerns, ideas and practices in the light of our evaluations?
References 168(9)
Index 177

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