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Action Research in Education
Learning Through Practitioner Enquiry

Second Edition


December 2012 | 184 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

Action Research in Education is an essential guide for any lecturer, teacher or student-teacher interested in doing research.

This exciting new edition of a popular text is an important resource for any education professional interested in investigating learning and teaching. Building on the success of Action Research in the Classroom, the authors have revised, updated and extended this book to include examples from further and higher education.

It maps out easy-to-follow steps for usefully applying an action research approach and is full of practical tips and examples of real-life practitioner research projects from a range of schools, colleges and universities.

This book will help teachers to:

  • Understand and apply practitioner inquiry
  • Enhance their problem-solving skills
  • Locate their own activity in a wider context
  • Maximize opportunities to develop practice
  • Evaluate the needs of their learners

Clear, pragmatic and timely, this is a must-have text for all teachers and students of education.


 
Introducing Practitioner Enquiry
 
Understanding Practitioner Enquiry
 
Ways of Being a Practitioner Enquirer: Beliefs, Ethics and Practice
 
How to Do a Practitioner Enquiry: Finding and Refining a Question
 
How to Do a Practitioner Enquiry: Deciding on an Approach and Complementary Methods
 
Taking Account of Learner Perspectives in Your Enquiry
 
Exploring Your Own and Your Colleagues' Professional Knowledge
 
Engaging with the Views of Families and the Wider Community
 
Making Sense of It, Making Connections and Bringing It Together
 
Sharing Your Findings, Finding New Questions
 
Index

Thank you very much for your important contributions to the educational community. I also thank you for the academic copies you sent. It was a quick delivery, it was a surprise for me. Greetings from Turkey.
Galip ÖNER - Erciyes University-Faculty of Education

Mr Galip Oner
Education, Erciyes Universitesi
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This will be a useful book for my strudents to dip into as they embark on their final year dissertation, which is an action research project.

Mr Ian Barrett
Education Department, London Metropolitan University (City Campus)
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A dependable and well-organised text that students are comfortable with. It addresses the key issues that underpin action research as well as encourages the sharing of research.

Mr Keith Savage
Centre For Childhood Studies, Stockport College
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An excellent text suitable for all undergraduate and post graduate students and teachers. Excellent in terms of creating a theoretical framework for CPD

Mr Michael Hall
Management , City College Norwich
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This text fluidly covers the fundamentals required for effective AR.

Mr Neville Crouch
Department of Secondary Education, Greenwich University
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Not required for this curriculum

Mrs Alison Cox
Health and Social Care, Merthyr Tydfil College
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Relevant to curriculum studies for Foundation Degree Childhood Studies. Good background reading which explores action research. Also relevant for Devloping Professional Practice module.

Mrs Alison Cox
Health and Social Care, Merthyr Tydfil College
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Good background reading for childhood studies FD 'Developing Professional Practice' module.

Mrs Alison Cox
Health and Social Care, Merthyr Tydfil College
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Really good book for student use.

Mrs Evelyn Dolby
Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Hertfordshire
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A useful book for my students researching for the first time at Master’s level. Clearly explained and well illustrated.

Mrs Irene Scott
Faculty , Chester University
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Sample Materials & Chapters

Chapter One