Action Research for Change and Development

First Published in 1991, Action Research for Change and Development aims to bring together international experts in action research in higher education in order to present and discuss a variety of models of action research which have been developed in parallel in many parts of the world.

List of contents

New Preface Acknowledgements Foreword Introduction Part I: Reflections on the Foundations of Action Research 1. Defining, Confining or Refining Action Research? 2. Towards Action Research Systems 3. From Action Research to Collaborative Enquiry: The Processing of an Innovation 4. Improving Education Through Action Research Part II: Methodology 5. Do we need an Alternative Methodology for Doing Alternative Research? 6. Developing Constructive Action: Personal Construct Psychology, Action Research and Professional Development 7. Action Research as a Model of Professional Development Part III: Case Studies 8. Action Research in Teacher Education 9. Action Research for Aboriginal Pedagogy: Beyond 'Both-ways' Education? 10. Action Research in Medical Education: Improving Teaching via Investigating Learning 11. Action Research in Facilitating Change in Institutional Practice Notes on Contributors Appendix One: List of Symposium Participants Appendix Two: Symposium Program

About the author

Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt, at the time of editing this book in 1991, was a Senior Lecturer in Higher Education at Griffith University, Australia. She is now retired. Her story as the University's first female academic in 1974 has just been published by Griffith University Archive.

Summary

First Published in 1991, Action Research for Change and Development aims to bring together international experts in action research in higher education in order to present and discuss a variety of models of action research which have been developed in parallel in many parts of the world.

Product details

• Authors: Ortrun (Adjunct Professor Zuber-Skerritt
• Assisted by: Ortrun Zuber-Skerritt (Editor), Zuber-Skerritt Ortrun (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.02.2024
• EAN: 9781032164236
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3216423-6
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Routledge Revivals
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Teaching skills and techniques, Philosophy & theory of education, Teaching skills & techniques, Philosophy and theory of education, Higher & further education, tertiary education, Higher education, tertiary education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher, EDUCATION / Teaching / Methods & Strategies