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Preface | |
The 6Ws of Self-Study Research | |
Understanding Self-Study: What and Why | |
What is Self-Study Teacher Research? | |
What Self-Study Teacher Research is Not | |
Why Conduct Self-Study Teacher Research? | |
Key Ideas | |
Overview of the Self-Study Process: What and How | |
Self-Study Research Project Planner | |
Self-Study Research Project Timeline | |
Self-Study Teacher Research Exemplar Brief | |
The Self-Study Community: When and Where and Who | |
Culture of the Self-Study Community | |
Paradigm Shift | |
Influence, Confluence, and Divergence | |
Important Events in Outgrowth of Self-Study School | |
Critique and Sustainability | |
Key Ideas | |
The Self-Study Research Methodology: Why and How | |
Characteristics of Self-Study Research | |
Five Foci Framework: Methodological Components of Self-Study Research | |
Key Ideas | |
Self-Study Methods: How | |
Choosing a Self-Study Method | |
Challenges in Choosing a Method | |
Key Ideas | |
Your Self-Study Project | |
Design | |
Design Matters | |
Seven Key Design Components | |
Key Ideas | |
Protect | |
Questioning the Ethics of Your Study | |
School Division Review | |
The Role of Professional Organizations | |
Standards of Research Ethics | |
Institutional Review Boards | |
Key Ideas | |
Organize Data | |
Alignment of Data with Question | |
Document | |
Categorize | |
Overlapping Research Phases | |
Key Ideas | |
Collect Data | |
Data Gathering Techniques | |
Alternative Data Gathering Techniques | |
Quantifiable Data | |
Key Ideas | |
Analyze Data | |
Research as a Recursive Act | |
Coding | |
Coding Families | |
Categories and Connections | |
Grounded Theory and the Constant Comparative Method | |
Concept Maps | |
Computer Software Tools | |
Key Ideas | |
Assess Research Quality | |
Multiple Sources of Data | |
Transparency, validation, exemplars, and trustworthiness | |
Reliability | |
Generalizability | |
Key Ideas | |
Write | |
Some Friendly Writing Advice | |
Writing Your Research Report | |
Writing Your Abstract | |
Welcoming Peer Critique | |
Key Ideas | |
Present and Publish | |
The Importance of Presenting Your Research | |
Challenge the Status Quo of Presentations | |
Pointers for Presenting | |
Writing Your Self-Study Proposal | |
Advice for Presenting | |
The Proposal Review Process | |
Advice for Getting Published | |
Key Ideas | |
Closing Remarks | |
Sample of a Self-Study Teacher Research Exemplar Brief | |
Self-Study is Not Just for Classroom Teachers | |
Glossary | |
References | |
Index | |
About the Author | |
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