Action Research in Practice: Partnerships for Social Justice in Education

✍ Scribed by Bill Atweh

Year: 1998
Tongue: English
Leaves: 377
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

This book presents a collection of stories from action research projects in schools and a university. This collection is more than simply an illustration of the scope of action research in education - it shows how projects that differ on a variety of dimensions can raise similar themes, problems and issues. The book begins with theme chapters discussing action research, social justice and partnerships in research. The case study chapters cover topics such as: * school environment - how to make a school a healthier place to be * parents - how to involve them more in decision-making * students as action researchers * a state system - a collaborative effort between university staff and a state education department * gender - how to promote gender equity in schools * improving assessment in the social sciences * staff development planning * doing a PhD through action research * writing up action research projects.

✦ Table of Contents

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of contributors......Page 12
Preface: The story of the book......Page 20
The project......Page 28
PARAPET: from meta-project to network......Page 30
Common themes......Page 46
Participatory action research and the study of practice......Page 48
Research partnerships: principles and possibilities......Page 64
Some thoughts on contemporary theories of social justice......Page 74
Partners in change;school-based projects and collaborations......Page 84
Parents as partners for educational change: the Ashgrove Healthy School Environment Project......Page 86
Bridges and broken fingernails......Page 113
Students as action researchers: partnerships for social justice......Page 141
Partners supporting schools change......Page 166
A journey into a learning partnership: a university and a state system working together for curriculum change......Page 168
Change in schools: practice and vision......Page 190
Action research for professional development on gender issues......Page 216
Collaborative action research: learnings from a social sciences project in a secondary school......Page 239
Partnerships within the university......Page 266
Action research as reflective collaboration......Page 268
Occasional visits to the kingdom: part-time university teaching......Page 277
A pathway for postgraduate teaching......Page 307
Academic growth through action research: A doctoral student's narrative......Page 329
POSTSCRIPT......Page 354
Collaborative writing in participatory action research......Page 356
Name index......Page 369
Subject index......Page 374

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