All You Need To Know About Action Research

✍ Scribed by McNiff J., Dr. Whitehead A.J.

• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 281
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In All You Need to Know About Action Research, leading practitioners Jean McNiff and Jack Whitehead are your guides to a vast and fast-moving field. They provide a brilliantly written and easy-to-follow introduction to action research that will be essential reading for students, practitioners and seasoned researchers alike.This book is essential reading for anyone interested in action research. It is equally essential reading for anyone interested in making a difference; in generating theory from research; and in learning from practice.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Prelims......Page 2
Contents......Page 4
Introduction......Page 8
Part 1......Page 12
1. What Is Action Research?......Page 14
2. Who Does Action Research?......Page 23
3. The Underpinning Assumptions of Action Research......Page 29
4. Where Did Action Research Come From?......Page 43
Part II......Page 50
5. Why Do Action Research?......Page 52
6. Learning To Improve Practice......Page 58
7. Contributing To New Theory......Page 70
8. Evaluating Your Research......Page 76
Part III......Page 84
9. Feasibility Planning: What Do You Need To Think About First?......Page 86
10. Action Planning: How Do You Develop an Action Plan?......Page 97
11. Doing Action Research:Carrying Out Your Action Plan......Page 114
12. Examples of Action Research Projects......Page 126
Part IV......Page 136
13. Monitoring Practice and Looking for Data......Page 138
14. Gathering, Sorting and Storing Data......Page 145
15. Turning the Data into Evidence......Page 155
Part V......Page 162
17. Establishing the Legitimacy of Your Claims to Knowledge......Page 173
18. Engaging With the Politics of Knowledge......Page 180
Part VI......Page 190
19. Telling Your Research Story......Page 192
20. Writing a Workplace Report......Page 198
21. Writing a Report for......Page 209
22. Publishing and Disseminating Your Research......Page 223
Part VII......Page 238
23. Explaining the Significanceof Your Research......Page 240
24. Developing New Epistemologies for Organizational Cultures of Enquiry......Page 246
25. The Amazing Potential Global Influence of Your Action Research......Page 254
Glossary......Page 263
References......Page 267
Index......Page 277