All you need to know about action research /
Jean McNiff and Jack Whitehead.
- iv, 274 p. : ill. ; 23cm
What is action research? -- Who does action research? -- The underpinning assumptions of action research -- Where did action research come from? -- Why do action research? -- Learning to improve practice -- Contributing to new theory -- Evaluating your research -- Feasibility planning : what do you need to think about first? -- Action planning : how do you develop an action plan? -- Doing action research : carrying out your action plan -- Examples of action research projects -- Monitoring practice and looking for data -- Gathering, sorting and storing data -- Turning the data into evidence -- Testing the validity of your claims to knowledge -- Establishing the legitimacy of your claims to knowledge -- Engaging with the politics of knowledge -- Telling your research story -- Writing a workplace report -- Writing a report for higher degree accreditation -- Publishing and disseminating your research -- Explaining the significance of your research -- Developing new epistemologies for organizational cultures of enquiry -- The amazing potential global influence of your action research. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.