Effective Action Resesarch: Developing Reflective Thinking and Practice (Continuum Research Methods)

Contents......Page 8
List of Illustrations......Page 10
Acknowledgements......Page 11
Introduction......Page 12
The nature of action research......Page 14
Models of action research......Page 19
2 Why Undertake Action Research?......Page 26
The teacher as reflective practitioner......Page 27
Relationships between educational theory and practice......Page 28
The teacher as researcher......Page 31
Problems with educational research......Page 32
Teacher research and school improvement......Page 34
Research and teachers’ continuing professional development......Page 35
The importance of action research......Page 39
Choosing a research topic......Page 42
Developing a research proposal......Page 43
Undertaking a literature search and review......Page 44
Working with your tutor......Page 46
Undertaking action research projects: some preliminary considerations......Page 53
Collecting action research data: some preliminary considerations......Page 56
Rigour in action research......Page 63
Examples of action research projects......Page 68
5 How Do I Analyse Action Research Data?......Page 76
Analysing research data......Page 77
A model of action research revisited......Page 84
Concluding comments......Page 88
Requirements and guidelines for writing action research reports......Page 90
7 How Will My Action Research Report be Assessed?......Page 98
A model of assessing progress in argument in higher education......Page 99
Students’ views of assessment......Page 102
Assessing research projects: some examples......Page 104
Students’ experiences of writing for publication......Page 112
Publishing action research reports in journals......Page 115
Publishing action research reports through presenting conference papers......Page 116
The importance of reading widely......Page 124
Recommended further reading......Page 125
Rationale for the format of this book......Page 128
Developing reflective thinking and practice......Page 129
Bibliography......Page 132
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R......Page 142
Y......Page 143