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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmuck, Richard A., author.

Perry, Eleanor, author of introduction, etc.

Contributor:

Schmuck, Richard A., bibliographic antecedent.

Snodgrass, Audrey, cover designer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Action research in education--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Action research in education.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Richard Schmuck demonstrates how educators can use personal reflection and action research to convert frustrations into solvable problems and improved professional practice.

Contents:

""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 Others� 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""; ""Marilyn�s Knowledge (and Methods) Search""; ""Marilyn�s Hopes and Concerns""; ""Marilyn�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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781483362137

1483362132

9781483364308

1483364305

OCLC:

923707508