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List of contents
Contributor Biographies ix
Introduction 1
Craig A. Mertler Part I Foundations of Action Research in Education 5 1 Education Action Research: With and for the Next Generation 7
Hilary Bradbury, Rolla Lewis, and Dusty Columbia Embury 2 History of Action Research in Education 29
Cher C. Hendricks 3 The Body of Literature on Action Research in Education 53
Michelle Vaughan 4 US Perspectives on Action Research in Education 75
Andrea C. Burrows 5 Worldwide Perspectives on Action Research in Education 97
Ernest (Ernie) Stringer, Bob Dick, and Jack Whitehead Part II Theories and Principles of Action Research in Education 115 6 Rigor in Educational Action Research and the Construction of Knowledge Democracies 117
Lonnie L. Rowell 7 Theory in Educational Action Research 139
Ernest (Ernie) Stringer 8 Legitimacy of and Value in Action Research 161
Debra M. Dosemagen and Eileen M. Schwalbach 9 Comparing and Contrasting Action Research and Action Learning 185
Tom Bourner and Cheryl Brook 10 The Underlying Importance of Context and Voice in Action Research 207
Jack Whitehead 11 Supportive Contexts for Action Research 229
Jennifer J. Lesh and Jennifer Gleason Part III Applications of Action Research in Practice 251 12 Action Research for Teacher Professional Development: Being and Becoming an Expert Teacher 253
Andrew Johnson 13 Action Research as Professional Learning for Educators 273
Tara Flynn and Catherine D. Bruce 14 Action Research as Inquiry in Professional Practice Doctoral Programs 295
Ray R. Buss 15 Participatory Action Research (PAR) in Education 317
Marie Paz Morales 16 Action Research and Popular Education: Implications for Twenty¿First Century Leadership and Research Practices 343
Linnea L. Rademaker 17 Action Research for Social Justice Advocacy 371
Mary Brydon¿Miller and Bruce Damons 18 Innovations in the Dissemination of Action Research: Rhetoric, Media, and Communication 393
Danah Henriksen and Punya Mishra 19 Action Research for Systemic Change in Education 415
Emily F. Calhoun 20 The Promise and Future of Action Research in Education 439
Bob Dick Part IV Practitioner Researchers Share Their Action Research Experiences 461 21 The Experience of Students and Faculty When Elements of Bloom's Mastery Learning Are Used in an Online Statistics Course: A Participatory Action Research Study 463
Patrick Casselman 22 The Function of Freedom: Practitioner Action Research in Emancipatory Social Justice Teacher Education 481
Amy Rector¿Aranda 23 Practitioner Action Research in an Urban STEM High School 497
Douglas M. Stevens 24 Action Research as Professional Development: A Study of the Impact of Collaborative Analysis of Student Work on Teacher Practice and Student Writing 513
Kristin Shealy 25 Exploring Literature Circles Discussions Through Action Research 531
Gail Sigelakis 26 Story as an Organizing and Inquiry Tool for Action Research Partnerships Committed to Social Justice and Educational Change 547
Mark Kohan 27 Investigating the Benefits of Curriculum-Based Readers Theatre for English Language Learners Through an Innovative Professional Learning Community Model 565
Samantha N. Uribe Index 581
About the author
Craig A. Mertler, PhD, is currently an Associate Professor in Leadership and Innovation at Arizona State University. He has been a professor for 23 years has worked as a department chair, director of multiple doctoral programs, and an education dean. He teaches doctoral courses focused on the application of action research in schools, and has also taught educational research methods, statistical analysis, and educational assessment. Professor Mertler is the author of 20 books and 21 refereed journal articles.
