1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911137437903321

Autore

Tomal Daniel R

Titolo

Action research for educators / / Daniel R. Tomal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Education, c2010

ISBN

979-82-16-21871-5

1-282-52310-4

9786612523106

1-60709-648-X

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Collana

The Concordia University Leadership Series

Disciplina

370.7/2

Soggetti

Action research in education - United States

Group work in education - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-191) and index.

Nota di contenuto

FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1 THE NATURE OF EDUCATION RESEARCH; PRINCIPLES OF RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE VERSUS QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ACTION RESEARCH PRINCIPLES; 2 ACTION RESEARCH; HISTORY OF ACTION RESEARCH; ACTION RESEARCH MODEL; DEVELOPING AN ACTION RESEARCH PROPOSAL; CONDUCTING A LITERATURE REVIEW; SAMPLING TECHNIQUES; BENCHMARKING; ETHICAL AND LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS; 3 DATA COLLECTION METHODS; THE NATURE OF DATA COLLECTION; OBSERVING; INTERVIEWING; SURVEYING; ASSESSING; 4 DATA ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION; THREATS TO VALIDITY; USING DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS

SIGNIFICANCE LEVELS AND TESTS OF SIGNIFICANCEUSING GRAPHS AND DIAGRAMS; WRITING NARRATIVE REPORTS; 5 SOLVING PROBLEMS AND TAKING ACTION; BARRIERS TO PROBLEM SOLVING; STEPS IN SOLVING PROBLEMS; MANAGING CHANGE; PLANNING AND INITIATING ACTION; DATA-DRIVEN DECISION MAKING (DDDM); 6 EVALUATING ACTION RESEARCH; AREAS FOR EVALUATION; METHODS FOR EVALUATING RESULTS; EVALUATING ACTION RESEARCH STUDIES; 7 CONDUCTING ACTION RESEARCH; SAMPLE RESEARCH STUDY ANALYSIS; COLLABORATIVE PROCESS INTERVENTION: AN ACTION RESEARCH



STUDY

MODIFYING DISCUSSION AND ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES TO INCREASE STUDENT UNDERSTANDING AND TEACHER REFLECTIVE PRACTICESA ETHICAL STANDARDS OF THE AMERICAN EDUCATION RESEARCH ASSOCIATION; B INFORMED CONSENT; C AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION DEFINITION OF SCIENTIFICALLY BASED RESEARCH; D CODE OF PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES IN EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; E SAMPLE CONSENT FORM; F ONE HUNDRED IDEAS FOR CONDUCTING ACTION RESEARCH; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sommario/riassunto

This user-friendly book covers the principles and history of action research, ethical and legal considerations, methods for conducting both formal and informal action research, data collection methods, analysis and interpretation, action planning and initiation, and results evaluation.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911153104203321

Autore

Feder Yitzhaq

Titolo

Blood Expiation in Hittite and Biblical Ritual : Origins, Context, and Meaning / / Yitzhaq Feder

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Atlanta, : Society of Biblical Literature, c2011

ISBN

9781589835559

1589835557

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 309 p. ) : ill., map ;

Collana

Society of Biblical Literature : writings from the ancient world supplements ; ; no. 2

Disciplina

221.6/7

Soggetti

Blood in the Bible

Blood - Religious aspects

Ritual

Hittites - Religion

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1 ; 1: The Hurro-Hittite zurki Rite -- 2: The Biblical Sin Offering --



3: The Question of a Historical Connection -- Part 2 ; 4: Rituals, Signs, and Meaning: Theoretical Foundations -- 5: The Blood of the Sin Offering: Origins, Context, and Meaning -- 6: The zurki Rite: Origins, Context, and Meaning -- 7: Tracking the Blood Rite Tradition: Origins, Translation, and Transformation -- Conclusion

Sommario/riassunto

This pioneering study examines the use of blood to purge the effects of sin and impurity in Hittite and biblical ritual. The idea that blood atones for sins holds a prominent place in both Jewish and Christian traditions. The author traces this notion back to its earliest documentation in the fourteenth- and thirteenth-century B.C.E. texts from Hittite Anatolia, in which the smearing of blood is used as a means of expiation, purification, and consecration. This rite parallels, in both its procedure and goals, the biblical sin offering. The author argues that this practice stems from a common tradition manifested in both cultures. In addition, this book aims to decipher and elucidate the symbolism of the practice of blood smearing by seeking to identify the sociocultural context in which the expiatory significance of blood originated. Thus, it is essential reading for anyone interested in the meaning and efficacy of ritual, the origins of Jewish and Christian notions of sin and atonement, and the origin of the biblical blood rite.