Teacher Action Research - Building Knowledge Democracies

Informationen zum Autor Gerald Pine is currently a Professor in the Lynch School of Education at Boston College, where he previously served as the school's Dean. He received his Ed.D. from Boston University and his areas of interest center around action research as a process of inquiry, as professional development, and as a means for affecting educational change. He has co-authored numerous textbooks, most recently A Person-Centered Foundation for Counseling and Psychotherapy (Charles C. Thomas Co., 1999, 2e) and multiple titles for Houghton Mifflin and Allyn & Bacon. Klappentext "This is a wonderful book with deep insight into the relationship between teachers' action and result of student learning. It discusses from different angles impact of action research on student learning in the classroom. Writing samples provided at the back are wonderful examples." -Kejing Liu, Shawnee State UniversityTeacher Action Research: Building Knowledge Democracies focuses on helping schools build knowledge democracies through a process of action research in which teachers, students, and parents collaborate in conducting participatory and caring inquiry in the classroom, school, and community. Author Gerald J. Pine examines historical origins, the rationale for practice-based research, related theoretical and philosophical perspectives, and action research as a paradigm rather than a method.Key FeaturesDiscusses how to build a school research culture through collaborative teacher researchDelineates the role of the professional development school as a venue for constructing a knowledge democracyFocuses on how teacher action research can empower the active and ongoing inclusion of nontraditional voices (those of students and parents) in the research process Includes chapters addressing the concrete practices of observation, reflection, dialogue, writing, and the conduct of action research, as well as examples of teacher action research studies Zusammenfassung This book doesn't just provides the "how to" for conducting action research but also covers the origins of it and the role of it in society Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments Part I. Understanding Action Research 1. The Disconnection Between Educational Research and Practice: The Case for Teacher Action Research Historical Context Why the Disconnection Between Research and Practice? Responding to the Gap: Renewing an Old Debate Limitations of Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Design School Context and Educational Research The Search for School Context Transcending the R&D Model of Knowledge Transfer Embracing an Epistemology of Practice Moving Toward a Knowledge Democracy Teacher Action Research and Knowledge Democracies Summary 2. Teacher Action Research: Collaborative, Participatory, and Democratic Inquiry What Is Teacher Action Research? Action Research: Changing Practice Action Research: Teachers' Voices Action Research: Outcomes for Teachers The Origins of Action Research Approaches to Action Research Summary 3. A Paradigm of Teacher Action Research What Is a Paradigm? Four Research Paradigms Distinguishing Characteristics of an Action Research Paradigm Challenges for Action Research Summary 4. The Validity of Action Research What Is Validity? Triangulation Validity as Inquiry Generalizability in Action Research Summary 5. Teacher Action Research as Professional Development Action Research/Professional Development Action Research as Professional Development: Teacher Outcomes Action Research as Professional Development: Teacher Voices Summary Part II. Collaborative Action Research: Foundation for Knowledge Democracies 6. Collaborative Action Research The Collaborative Nature of Action Research The Interaction of Individua...

Product details

• Authors: Gerald J Pine, Gerald J. Pine
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.12.2008
• EAN: 9781412964760
• ISBN: 978-1-4129-6476-0
• No. of pages: 416
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system