Practical action research for change / / Richard A. Schmuck ; foreword by Eleanor Perry ; indexer, Richard A. Schmuck ; cover designer, Audrey Snodgrass

• Autore: Schmuck Richard A.
• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2006; ©2006
• Edizione: Second edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (193 p.)
• Disciplina: 370.72
• Soggetto topico: Action research in education
• Persona (resp. second.): PerryEleanor; SchmuckRichard A.; SnodgrassAudrey
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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""
• Sommario/riassunto: Richard Schmuck demonstrates how educators can use personal reflection and action research to convert frustrations into solvable problems and improved professional practice.
• Titolo autorizzato: Practical action research for change
• ISBN: 1-4833-6213-2; 1-4833-6430-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825325703321
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