You and Your Action Research Project

By Jean McNiff, Pamela Lomax, Jack Whitehead

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• ISBN: 978-0-415-31885-3
• Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
• Published by: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2nd October 2003
• Pages: 216

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About the Book

What are the most effective ways of planning and doing action research projects?
This book gives practical guidance on doing an action research project. Written for practitioners across professions who are studying on award-bearing courses, this book is packed full of useful advice and takes the reader through the various stages of a project, including:
* Starting your action research project
* Monitoring and documenting the action
* Techniques for dealing with the data
* Making claims to knowledge and validating them
* Making your research public: creating your living theory
The book's practical approach will appeal to practitioners and will encourage them to try out new strategies for improving their work. It will also be essential reading for those resource managers in schools, colleges and higher education institutions who are responsible for providing courses and support.
This second edition of a best-selling book, has been thoroughly updated and improved by a number of features, being more accessible, dealing with current debates in literature and demonstrating the power of action research for individual practices.

Reviews

'Recommended as (a text) which will provide a sound introduction for those interested in carrying out action research and ... should find a place on reading lists for students on a variety of programmes of continuing professional development.' - British Journal of Educational Studies

'An excellent book ... relevant to anyone - teacher, student or beginning researcher - who wants to know more about the practicalities of carrying out action research.' - Educational Research

'Criteria for judging action research invaluable to students new for the world of research and its various methodologies.' - Stuart Bryan, Warrington Collegiate Institute

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