
Collaborative Action Research
Developing Professional Learning Communities
Stephen P. Gordon(Editor)
Teachers' College Press
Will be published approx. on 5. September 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-8077-4898-5 (ISBN)
Description
Those new to action research are provided an overview and map to guide participants through the process. Gordon evaluates the work of the School Improvement Network, a partnership in which university professors and graduate students collaborated with K - 12 school leaders and teachers to design, implement, and assess schoolwide action research projects focused on long-term school improvement.Describing the role of both the university and the school, ""Collaborative Action Research"": explores critical aspects of collaborative action, including establishing relationships, using critical friends, developing leadership teams, readiness, organization, and implementation; provides lessons learned from successful and unsuccessful programs, to show schools what to do and what to avoid; and, examines schools in Texas that have used action research to improve student achievement within a standards-based environment.
Reviews / Votes
Here, instead of rhetoric, we are allowed to stand beside our colleagues and watch how they used schoolwide collaborative action research to build internal capacity through developing informed, distributed leadership....I learned something about how to support the work I value, and I believe you will also. - From the Foreword by Emily F. Calhoun, Director, The Phoenix Alliance ""Readers will learn, through the vividly portrayed lived experiences of school people, the indispensable benefits of action research. This volume is a guidebook for all educators interested in renewing schools."" - Jeffrey Glanz, Yeshiva University ""It is not often that we find a resource that couples the voices of researchers and practitioners into one powerful performance....For school leaders, college professors, and teacher leaders this work is an essential resource."" - Zach Kelehear, College of Education, University of South Carolina ""The accounts of those who have taken this journey offer not only practical advice, but also rich explanations that shape a new understanding of collaborative action research."" - Patricia Holland, University of Houston ""This is a tremendous resource....I look forward to discussing the many engaging ideas with my graduate students and to recommending it to the practitioners with whom I interact."" - Daisy Arredondo Rucinski, The University of Alabama, TuscaloosaMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 220 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
320 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8077-4898-5 (9780807748985)
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Person
Stephen P. Gordon is Professor of Education and Community Leadership at Texas State University - San Marcos.