Being a Teacher / Researcher : A Primer on Doing Authentic Inquiry Research on Teaching and Learning / by Konstantinos Alexakos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alexakos, Konstantinos, author.

Series:

Bold Visions in Educational Research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education.

Local Subjects:

Education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (139 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2015.

Place of Publication:

Rotterdam : SensePublishers : Imprint: SensePublishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Using a sociocultural approach to critical action research, this book is a primer in doing reflexive, authentic inquiry research in teaching and learning for educators as teacher / researchers. Rather than the artificial dichotomy between theory and practice, the roles of teacher and researcher are instead seen in a dialectic relationship (indicated by the symbol “/” in teacher / researcher) in which each informs and mediates the other in the process of revising and generating new knowledge that is of benefit to those being researched. In addition to providing a theoretical foundation for authentic inquiry, Being a Teacher / Researcher provides a detailed framework with ideas and strategies that interested educators can apply in exploring teaching and learning in both formal and informal settings. It provides concrete examples of how to use authentic inquiry as a basis for collaborating with others to improve the quality of teaching and learning while cogenerating new theory and associated practices that bridge what has been described as a theory-practice divide. Included in this book are how to plan and carry out authentic inquiry studies, choosing appropriate methodologies, methods of data collection and analysis, negotiating research with human participants, using authenticity criteria and characteristics, and addressing challenges and conflicts for teacher / researchers. As a primer, this book serves the needs of many different populations including prospective and practicing teachers, teacher educators, beginning researchers and seasoned researchers who are making changes to what and how they research.

Contents:

Foreword: Authentic Inquiry: A Bold Vision for the Learning Sciences

Foreword: Getting the Most from Difference

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Teacher Voices in Generating Theory

The “Objectivity” of Research, Knowledge and Knowing

Why Authentic Inquiry?

Authentic Inquiry as a Construct for Sociocultural Research

Reflexive Axiologies and Epistemologies

Using This Primer

Sociocultural Theory and Teaching and Learning

What is Knowledge?

Sociocultural Framework

Social Interactions

Sociocultural Research in Teacher Education

Teachers and Research on Teaching

Classroom Research

Teacher Knowledge through Systematic Research

Elements of a Sociocultural Research Framework

Hermeneutic Phenomenology

Epistemologies and Ontologies

Axiology

Criticality

Bricolage

Methodologies and Methods

Authentic Inquiry Research

Heuristics

Authentic Inquiry Research Framework

The Authentic Inquiry Heuristic

Tensions, Ethics, Conflicts, and Vulnerabilities

The Belmont Report

Possible Tensions

Research for Public Dissemination and the IRB

Recruiting Our Students as Participants

Benefits Versus Harm

Consent Forms

Some Additional Thoughts on IRBS

Doing a Research Project

Deciding and Selecting Participants

Multi-Level Methods and Data Resources

Choosing Research Questions

A Framework for the Research

Findings

Generalizability

Writing up an Informed Proposal for Your Research

Doing Authentic Inquiry and Creating Interventions

Writing up and Presenting Your Research

Literature Review

Manuscript or Thesis Component Descriptions

Flow Chart

Presentations

Some Additional Suggestions

My Beginnings as aTeacher / Researcher: The Spring 2007 Research

The 2007 Physics Class

Spring 2012 Study (The “BC Study”)

Challenges in Being Both the Principal Investigator and the Course Instructor

Final Remarks

Research as Transformative

The Teaching / Learning / Researching Dialectic

Practice / Theory Dialectic in Writing This Book

Transformations.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

94-6300-295-2

OCLC:

932001354