Educational action research : becoming practically critical.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Teachers College Press, c1995Description: viii, 228 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 807734403
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB 1028.24 .E3 1995
Contents:
1. Action research and democratic schooling: problematics and potentials -- Part I. Action research in teacher education -- 2. Using action research as a vehicle for student teacher reflection: a social reconstructionist approach -- 3. The death of idealism? Or, issues of empowerment in the preservice setting -- 4. Preservice teacher supervision and reflective practice -- 5. Teaching action research: a case study -- 6. Confused on a higher level about more important things! -- Part II. Action research in schools -- 7. Putting the "P" into a participation in government course -- 8. The principal as action researcher: a study of disciplinary practice -- 9. Embedding action research into professional practice -- Part III. Supporting action research -- 10. Developing discourses and structures to support action research for educational reform: working both ends -- 11. What happens when a school district supports action research? -- 12. The role of the collaborator in action research -- 13. The institutionalization of action research: the California "100 Schools" Project -- 14. Action research and supportive school contexts: exploring the possibilities for transformation.
Summary: Action research is "about taking everyday things in the life of education and unpacking them for their historical and ideological baggage" (5). It recognizes tenets of education with a focus on the interplay between student outcomes, intuitive teaching, and the continuing collaborative development of educational pedagogy.
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Includes index.

1. Action research and democratic schooling: problematics and potentials -- Part I. Action research in teacher education -- 2. Using action research as a vehicle for student teacher reflection: a social reconstructionist approach -- 3. The death of idealism? Or, issues of empowerment in the preservice setting -- 4. Preservice teacher supervision and reflective practice -- 5. Teaching action research: a case study -- 6. Confused on a higher level about more important things! -- Part II. Action research in schools -- 7. Putting the "P" into a participation in government course -- 8. The principal as action researcher: a study of disciplinary practice -- 9. Embedding action research into professional practice -- Part III. Supporting action research -- 10. Developing discourses and structures to support action research for educational reform: working both ends -- 11. What happens when a school district supports action research? -- 12. The role of the collaborator in action research -- 13. The institutionalization of action research: the California "100 Schools" Project -- 14. Action research and supportive school contexts: exploring the possibilities for transformation.

Action research is "about taking everyday things in the life of education and unpacking them for their historical and ideological baggage" (5). It recognizes tenets of education with a focus on the interplay between student outcomes, intuitive teaching, and the continuing collaborative development of educational pedagogy.

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