This book presents a fresh view of action research as a methodology uniquely suited to researching the processes of innovation and change. Drawing on twenty-five years' experience of leading or facilitating action research projects, Bridget Somekh argues that action research can be a powerful system
Action Research: A Methodology for Change and Development
β Scribed by Bridget Somekh
- Publisher
- Open University Press
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 241
- Series
- Doing Qualitative Research in Educational Settings
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Table of Contents
Content: Ch. 1. Agency, change and the generation of actionable knowledge --
Ch. 2. Doing action research differently --
Ch. 3. Action research from the inside : a teacher's experience --
Ch. 4. Action research and radical change in schools --
Ch. 5. Action research for organizational development in higher education --
Ch. 6. Action research in a partnership between regional companies and a university --
Ch. 7. Action research in the evaluation of a national programme --
Ch. 8. Action research and innovative pedagogies with ICT --
Ch. 9. Reflections on the process of writing this book and its purposes.
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