Studying Your Own School - An Educator''s Guide to Practitioner Action Research

Informationen zum Autor Gary L. Anderson is a faculty member in the Department of Administration, Leadership, and Technology in the Steinhardt School of Education, New York University. He is a former teacher and high school principal. He has written numerous articles on Action Research, including (with Kathryn Herr) "The new paradigm wars. Is there room for rigorous practitioner knowledge in schools and universities?" Educational Researcher, 28(5), 12-21, (1999). In recent publications, he has explored applications of Critical and Postmodern Theory and Critical Discourse Analysis to the field of Educational Leadership. Klappentext Extensively revised, this new edition provides the theoretical underpinnings of practitioner action research as well as the "how-to" information necessary for classroom application. Zusammenfassung Extensively revised! this new edition provides the theoretical underpinnings of practitioner action research as well as the "how-to" information necessary for classroom application. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Susan E. Noffke Acknowledgments Preface About the Authors 1. What Is Action Research? 2. Merging Educational Practice and Research: A New Paradigm 3. What Does Practitioner Action Research Look Like? 4. Empowerment and Practitioner Action Research: An Example 5. The Research Question, Ethical Considerations, and Research Design 6. Qualitative Research Approaches for Practitioner Action Research References Index

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• Authors: Gary L. Anderson, Gary L. Herr Anderson, Gary L./ Herr Anderson, Kathryn Herr, Ann Sigrid Nihlen
• Assisted by: Gary Anderson (Editor), Gary L. Anderson (Editor), Kathryn G. Herr (Editor), Ann S. Nihlen (Editor)
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.04.2007
• EAN: 9781412940337
• ISBN: 978-1-4129-4033-7
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)