Action Research in Practice: Partnership for Social Justice in Education

by Atweh,Bill; Atweh,Bill

• ISBN13: 9780415171519
• ISBN10: 0415171512
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-02-25
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The movement to take educational research out of the confines of academia and direct research projects into the settings where the knowledge is to be applied has resulted in a new approach to the investigation of teaching and learning. Action research projects have been at work in schools and universities for almost ten years now, thoroughly examining and often radically changing the environments in which teaching and learning take place. This book presents a collection of stories describing action research projects in action in schools and a university, showing how projects that have differed in a variety of dimensions reveal similar underlying issues, problems and themes. With an emphasis on the topic of social justice and partnership,Action Research in Practicereveals, through case studies and sustained, thorough analysis, how educational research can be transformative in its very practice, as well as in the practices it recommends.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. xix
The Project	p. 1
Parapet	p. 3
Common Themes	p. 19
Participatory Action Research and the Study of Practice	p. 21
Research Partnerships	p. 37
References	p. 46
Some Thoughts on Contemporary Theories of Social Justice	p. 47
Partners in Change	p. 57
Parents as Partners for Educational Change	p. 59
References	p. 84
Bridges and Broken Fingernails	p. 86
References	p. 113
Students as Action Researchers	p. 114
Partners Supporting Schools Change	p. 139
A Journey into a Learning Partnership	p. 141
Change in Schools	p. 163
References	p. 188
Action Research for Professional Development on Gender Issues	p. 189
Collaborative Action Research	p. 212
Note	p. 237
Partnerships Within the University	p. 239
Action Research as Reflective Collaboration	p. 241
Occasional Visits to the Kingdom	p. 250
A Pathway for Postgraduate Teaching	p. 280
Academic Growth Through Action Research	p. 302
Postscript	p. 327
Collaborative Writing in Participatory Action Research	p. 329
References	p. 341
Name Index	p. 342
Subject Index	p. 347
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