Description
-Offers professional educators of any level, subject area, and position the tools, techniques, and strategies to disseminate, share, publish, and promote the results of their action research projects and studies, in an approachable, motivational, and practical format.
-Offers an overview of action research/practitioner research, and a detailed overview of the main products and delivery strategies for disseminating action research, from refereed publications (both practitioner and scholarly), to face-to-face and virtual presentations (at both conferences and other contexts), and social media and electronic media, from blogs and podcasts to Twitter and LinkedIn.
-Written by acclaimed author and action research expert Craig Mertler, and relevant for education practitioners in any role – from in-service and pre-service teachers in PK-12 or higher education settings to scholars, administrators, policymakers, staff, graduate students, and other researchers.
Table of Contents
Introduction Part 1: An Overview of Action Research 1. What is action research? 2. A primer on conducting action research Part 2: Products for Disseminating and Sharing Practitioner Research 3. Written reports of research 4. Presentations of research 5. Posters, infographics, and video formats Part 3: Strategies for Disseminating and Sharing Practitioner Research 6. Refereed publications 7. Face-to-face (and virtual) presentations 8. Social media 9. Even more options Part 4: You Can Do This! (And Please Do!) 10. Motivating yourself to share your practitioner research
