Networking Practitioner Research

by McLaughlin; Colleen

• ISBN13: 9780415388450
• ISBN10: 0415388457
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-12-22
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

A complement to Researching Schools by the same authors, this book provides readers with a strong theoretical framework for school-based research as well as valuable advice on the ways in which networks of specialist groups can work together to create a broad-ranging approach to educational research. Through a critical examination of existing research and current thinking, the authors draw out implications for the effective policy and practice of school-based research. Illustrated throughout with case studies and including a full and detailed literature review, this book will be a vital resource for all academics pursuing research into education.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Schools learning through networking and researching

The Foundations of Networking Practitioner Research: Researching Schools, Collaboration and Networks

Researching Schools

Teachers learning through collaboration in schools

Networking schools

Key questions emerging from the Literature on Networking Practitioner Research

Studies of Researching Network

A review of previous studies of researching networks

Blackburn with Darwen Leading into Learning Networked Community: Aligning, Captaining and Collaborating through Research and Enquiry

Bristol Opportunity Networked Learning Community: Learning to Research, Researching to Learn

Hartlepool Networked Learning Community: The Journey of Enquiry

Cambridge SUPER Networked Learning Community: A Schools-University Partnership for Educational Research

South West London Networked Learning Community: Collaborating in Action Research

Surrey LIFE Networked Learning Community: Learning (and Research) is for Everyone

Researching in Networks - The Views of Practitioners

Key Questions Emerging from Studies of Researching Networks

A Way Forward

Networks of Researching Schools: A Way Forward

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