Teachers Investigate Their Work: An Introduction to Action Research across the Professions

by Feldman; Allan

• ISBN13: 9780415377942
• ISBN10: 0415377943
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2007-12-10
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Teachers Investigate Their Work introduces the methods and concepts of action research through examples drawn from studies carried out by teachers. The book is arranged as a handbook with numerous sub-headings for easy reference and fourty-one practical methods and strategies to put into action, some of them flagged as suitable 'starters'. Throughout the book, the authors draw on their international practical experience of action research, working in close collaboration with teachers. It is an essential guide for teachers, senior staff and co-ordinators of teacher professional development who are interested in investigating their own practice in order to improve it.

Table of Contents

Introduction: What Will You Find in this Book?

The Research Journal: Companion to the Research Process

Finding a Starting Point for your Own Research

Clarifying the Starting Point of Research

Data Collection

Data Analysis

Developing Action Strategies and Putting Them into Practice

Making Practitioners' Knowledge Public

Examples of Action Research Studies Published in Journals

Behind the Scenes: A Theoretical Foundation of Action Research

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