Integrating teaching, learning, and action research : enhancing instruction in the K-12 classroom / Ernest T. Stringer, Lois McFadyen Christensen, Shelia C. Baldwin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stringer, Ernest T.

Contributor:

Christensen, Lois McFadyen.

Baldwin, Shelia C.

James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Action research in education.

Teaching.

Physical Description:

xiv, 184 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, [2010]

Summary:

Helping teachers engage K-12 students as participatory researchers to accomplish highly effective learning outcomes Integrating Teaching, Learning, and Action Research: Enhancing Instruction in the K-12 Classroom demonstrates how teachers can use action research as an integral component of teaching and learning. The text uses examples and lesson plans to demonstrate how student research processes can be incorporated into classroom lessons that are linked to standards. Key FeaturesGuides teachers through systematic steps of planning, instruction, assessment, and evaluation, taking into account the diverse abilities and characteristics of their students, the complex body of knowledge and skills they must acquire, and the wide array of learning activities that can be engaged in the processDemonstrates how teacher action research and student action learning--working in tandem--create a dynamic, engaging learning community that enables students to achieve desired learning outcomesProvides clear directions and examples of how to apply action research to core classroom activities: lesson planning, instructional processes, student learning activities, assessment, and evaluation

Contents:

Action research in teaching and learning

Learning theory

Lesson planning

Instruction : facilitating student learning

Action learning : accomplishing objectives, outcomes, and standards

Assessment and evaluation

Appendix: Case examples

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-177) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Hosmer Penniman Book Fund.

ISBN:

1412939755

9781412939751

OCLC:

258330366

Publisher Number:

99946191211