Action Research Methods: Plain and Simple

✍ Scribed by Sheri R. Klein PhD (eds.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Leaves: 232
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

In Action Research Methods , the authors acknowledge that the methodology component is where most of the struggle and confusion lies with students in research methods courses.The overall aim is to assist master's level education students with practical and theoretically grounded approaches to the action research process.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Action Research: Before You Dive In, Read This!....Pages 1-20
Interviews....Pages 21-47
Participant Observation....Pages 49-67
A Case for Case Study Research in Education....Pages 69-79
Visual Research, Visual Data....Pages 81-103
Arts-Based Research: Data Are Constructed, Not Found....Pages 105-132
The Value of Portfolio Data in Action Research....Pages 133-156
Quantitative Methods in Action Research....Pages 157-174
Program Evaluation Research....Pages 175-195
Critique, Advocacy, and Dissemination: I’ve Got the Data and the Findings, Now What?....Pages 197-215
Back Matter....Pages 217-226

✦ Subjects

Education Policy;Education, general;Teaching and Teacher Education;Educational Policy and Politics

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