TY - BOOK AU - Noffke, Susan E. ;Stevenson, Robert B. TI - Educational action research: becoming practically critical SN - 807734403 AV - LB 1028.24 .E3 1995 PY - 1995/// CY - New York PB - Teachers College Press KW - ACTION RESEARCH N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -