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100 1 McNiff, Jean |
245 10 All you need to know about action research /^cJean McNiffand Jack Whitehead |
246 30 Action research |
250 2nd ed |
260 Los Angeles :^bSAGE,^c2011 |
300 vi, 274 p. :^bill. ;^c25 cm |
504 Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-269) andindex |
505 0 Introduction -- Part I. What do I need to know? -- 1. Whatis action research? -- 2. Who can do action research? -- 3. The underpinning assumptions of action research -- 4. Where did action research come from and where is it now? -- Part II. Why do I need to know? -- 5. Why do action research? -- 6. Learning to improve practice -- 7. Contributing to new theory -- 8. Evaluating your research -- Part III. How do I find out? -- 9. Action planning : planning and designing your action research -- 10. Engaging with the literatures -- 11. Doing action research: carrying out your action plan -- Part IV. How do I generate evidence to support my claim to knowledge? -- 12.Monitoring practice and looking for data -- 13. Gathering,sorting and storing data -- 14. Turning the data into evidence -- Part V. How do I test and critique my knowledge? -- 15. Testing the validity of your claims to knowledge -- 16. Establishing the legitimacy of your claims to knowledge -- 17. Engaging with the politics of knowledge -- Part IV. How do I represent and disseminate my knowledge? -- 18. Telling your research story -- 19. Writing a workplace report -- 20. Writing a report for higher degree accreditation -- 21. Publishing and disseminating your research -- Part VII. How do I show thesignificance of my knowledge? -- 22. Explaining the significance of your research -- 23. Developing new epistemologies for workplace cultures of enquiry |
520 8 The authors provide an easy-to-follow introduction toaction research that presents a guide to the history and philosophy that underpin action research, coverage of the main theoretical debates in action research, and help to anyone undertaking their own action research project |
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700 1 Whitehead, Jack |
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