05003nam 2200661 450 991048037290332120210209144435.01-4833-6213-21-4833-6430-5(CKB)3710000000458777(EBL)1661607(OCoLC)923707508(SSID)ssj0001531160(PQKBManifestationID)12649186(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001531160(PQKBWorkID)11532988(PQKB)11694887(MiAaPQ)EBC1994376(MiAaPQ)EBC1661607(Au-PeEL)EBL1661607(EXLCZ)99371000000045877720150818h20062006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPractical action research for change /Richard A. Schmuck ; foreword by Eleanor Perry ; indexer, Richard A. Schmuck ; cover designer, Audrey SnodgrassSecond edition.Thousand Oaks, California :Corwin Press,2006.©20061 online resource (193 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4129-3859-7 1-4129-3858-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Chapter 1 - Reflective Professional Practice""; ""Reflections of the Future, Past, and Present""; ""Reflective Educators Seek Self-Knowledge""; ""The Search for Self-Knowledge Leads to Solitary Dialogue""; ""Self-Knowledge and Solitary Dialogue Lead to Professional Maturity""; ""Mature Educators Try to Improve Continually""; ""Stage 1: Assess the Situation""; ""Stage 2: Set Clear Goals""; ""Stage 3: Brainstorm Action Strategies""; ""Stage 4: Implement Action Plans""""Stage 5: Monitor Your Own Actions""""Stage 6: Assess Othersâ€? Reactions""; ""Stage 7: Evaluate What Others Have Learned""; ""Stage 8: Confront Yourself with the Results""; ""Stage 9: Reflect on Actions to Take Next""; ""Stage 10: Assess the New Situation and Set New Goals""; ""Using the Tools of Reflection to Move toward Action Research""; ""Journal-Writing Assignments""; ""Chapter 2 - Educators and Continuous Improvement""; ""Three Faces of Continuous Improvement""; ""Action Research: Two Types of Social Scientists""; ""Differences between Action Research and Traditional Research""""An Example of Action Research""""Processes of Continuous Improvement""; ""Journal-Writing Assignments""; ""Chapter 3 - Action Research: Definitions, Models, Steps, and Phases""; ""Contemporary Need for Action Research""; ""Definitions of Action Research""; ""Action Research and Group Dynamics""; ""Two Models of Action Research""; ""Proactive Action Research""; ""Responsive Action Research""; ""The Models Compared""; ""Three Phases of Action Research""; ""Initiation""; ""Detection""; ""Judgment""; ""Research during Each Phase""; ""Journal-Writing Assignments""""Chapter 4 - Research Methods: Procedures, Instruments, Special Issues, and Ethics""""Data Collection in Action Research""; ""Questionnaires""; ""Factual Questionnaires""; ""Standardized Tests: Special Factual Questionnaires""; ""Questionnaires about Feelings""; ""Questionnaires about Thoughts""; ""Questionnaires about Behaviors""; ""Tips on Making Questionnaires""; ""Interviews""; ""One-on-One Informal Interviews""; ""Focus Group Informal Interviews""; ""One-on-One Formal Interviews""; ""Focus Group Formal Interviews""; ""Observations""; ""Observant Participation""""Structured Observations""""Documents""; ""Special Issues of Action Research""; ""Psychometric Challenges""; ""Psychological Obstacles""; ""Process Pitfalls""; ""The Ethics of Action Research""; ""Journal-Writing Assignments""; ""Chapter 5 - Proactive Action Research""; ""Marilyn Lund""; ""Marilyn Reflects on Her Practice""; ""Marilynâ€?s Knowledge (and Methods) Search""; ""Marilynâ€?s Hopes and Concerns""; ""Marilynâ€?s New Practices""; ""Marilyn Collects Data""; ""Marilyn Checks on What the Data Mean""; ""Marilyn Reflects on Alternative Ways to Behave""""Marilyn Fine-Tunes Her New Practice""Richard Schmuck demonstrates how educators can use personal reflection and action research to convert frustrations into solvable problems and improved professional practice.Action research in educationHandbooks, manuals, etcElectronic books.Action research in education370.72Schmuck Richard A.1029905Perry EleanorSchmuck Richard A.Snodgrass AudreyMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910480372903321Practical action research for change2446570UNINA