Full Description
This book gives you all you need to know about action research, why you need to know it and how it can help you become a self-reflective practitioner-researcher. It provides the ideas and frameworks to understand action research, combined with a practical workbook to guide you through the practicalities and complexities of doing action research in your own context.
Inside you will find:
An action plan to help you embark on your project
Guidance and advice on learning to ask the right questions as you progress
A full resource on writing up and communicating your results
Inspiration to explain the significance of what you have achieved, so that other people can learn with and from you.
Accessible and insightful, this is the complete start to finish guide to doing influential action research. It is the ideal companion for students and researcher-practitioners in any research setting, from education and health to business.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
PART I: WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW?
Chapter 1: What is action research?
Chapter 2: Who can do action research?
Chapter 3: The values base of action research
Chapter 4: Critical times for action research
PART II: WHY DO I NEED TO KNOW?
Chapter 5: Why do action research?
Chapter 6: The responsibility of practitioner-researchers: contributing to new practices and new learning
Chapter 7: The responsibility of practitioner-researchers: contributing to new thinking and ideas
Chapter 8: The responsibility of practitioner-researchers: engaging with the literatures
PART III: HOW DO I FIND OUT?
Chapter 9: Thinking about doing an action research project
Chapter 10: Planning to do your action research
Chapter 11: Carrying out your action plans
Chapter 12: Evaluating the quality of your plans, practices and research
PART IV: HOW DO I GENERATE EVIDENCE TO TEST THE VALIDITY OF MY KNOWLEDGE CLAIM?
Chapter 13: Monitoring practices and gathering data
Chapter 14: Working with data: analysing, authenticatin and interpreting
Chapter 15: Generating evidence from the data and making knowledge claims: summary chapter
PART V: HOW DO I TEST AND CRITIQUE MY KNOWLEDGE?
Chapter 16: Testing the validity of your knowledge claim
Chapter 17: Establishing the legitimacy of your knowledge claim
PART VI: HOW DO I REPRESENT AND COMMUNICATE MY KNOWLEDGE?
Chapter 18: Thinking about writing your dissertation
Chapter 19: Writing up your dissertation
PART VII: HOW DO I SHOW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MY KNOWLEDGE?
Chapter 20: The significance of it all
References
Index
