Collaborative Action Research for English Language Teachers

by Anne Burns

• ISBN13: 9780521638951
• ISBN10: 052163895X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-13
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This book proposes that action research should be a collaborative process emerging from the practical concerns of groups of teachers working in a common or similar context. Teachers' first-person accounts provide the basis for exploring the challenges and constraints of action research. The book will be of interest to teachers seeking new directions for their own professional development as well as others interested in integrating collaborative action research into current practice and curriculum renewal.

Table of Contents

1.Why should teachers do action research?

2.Definitions and processes

3. Getting started

4. Observational techniques for collecting action research data

5. Non-observational techniques for data collection

6. Analysing action research data

7. Disseminating the research and sustaining the action

8. Collaborative action research in practice.