Doing Practitioner Research Differently
1st Edition
Published on 29. March 2001
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-415-23757-4 (ISBN)
Description
Doing Practitioner Research Differently encourages those embarking on practitioner research to consider the validity of innovative methods and styles of reporting. The book looks at three methods of enquiry and reporting - visualisation, conversation and fictional writing.
Using practitioners' own accounts and research reports as case studies, this book explores the reasons why some practitioners reject the traditional research methods. It looks at the challenges faced by these practitioners and the conditions in higher education that encourage or inhibit innovative practitioner research. The case studies used illustrate that there are modes of enquiry and reporting that can foster the development of professional thinking and practice.
Using practitioners' own accounts and research reports as case studies, this book explores the reasons why some practitioners reject the traditional research methods. It looks at the challenges faced by these practitioners and the conditions in higher education that encourage or inhibit innovative practitioner research. The case studies used illustrate that there are modes of enquiry and reporting that can foster the development of professional thinking and practice.
Reviews / Votes
'... an absorbing account of six teacher-led projects that ignored research conventions but triumphantly met the MEd requirements. - Michael Duffy, Times Educational Supplement'This is a warm, courageous and moving book, which should be compulsory reading for all researchers ...' - Jean McNiff, National Foundation for Educational Research
'... as I embarked upon this review, I found myself wriing in a more personal style than is customary for me. I discovered that I was charting my personal reactions to the contributions as well as recording my academic impressions about the substance of the book. Maybe this tells us something about the overall success of the collection.' - Nancy Falchikov, Journal of Further and Higher Education '... an absorbing account of six teacher-led projects that ignored research conventions but triumphantly met the MEd requirements. - Michael Duffy, Times Educational Supplement
'This is a warm, courageous and moving book, which should be compulsory reading for all researchers ...' - Jean McNiff, National Foundation for Educational Research
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
496 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-23757-4 (9780415237574)
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Marion Dadds | Susan Hart
Doing Practitioner Research Differently
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Persons
Marion Dadds, Dr. Susan Hart University of Cambridge
Content
1. Background and Introduction Part I Visualisation as a Method of Enquiry and Reporting 2. Children with Special Needs, Teachers with Special Needs Ros Frost 3. Visualisation in Research and Data AnalysisJacqui Potter Part II Conversation as a Method of Enquiry and Reporting 4. Towards and Understanding of Autism: An Outsider's Attempt to Get Inside Joe Geraci 5. Perceptions of Purpose for Children's Writing Tish Crotty 6. Communicative Practices in a Classroom for Children with Severe and Profound Learning Difficulties: A Case Study of Methodologies of Reflective Practice Linda Ferguson Part III Fictional Writing as a Method of Enquiry and Reporting 7. Imaginary Gardens - Enigmatic Encounters Tish Crotty 8. Not a Perfect Offering Liz Waterland Part IV Reflecting on Innovation and Quality in Practitioner Research 9. Innovation and Quality in Practitioner Research 10. New Thinking for New Practices 11. Keeping Moving