Action Research For Educational Change
1st Edition
Published on 1. April 1991
176 pages
978-0-335-23149-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book is concerned with action research as a form of teacher professional development. In it, John Elliot traces the historical emergence and current significance of action research in schools. He examines action research as a ",cultural innovation", with transformative possibilites for both the professional culture of teachers and teacher educators in academia.
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Action Research for Educational Change
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Content
- Front cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of figures and tables
- Acknowledgements
- Series editor's introduction
- Part I Action research and professional learning
- Chapter 1 Teachers as researchers: an historical and biographical context
- Chapter 2 Supporting professional learning through action research: three case studies
- Part II Action research: dilemmas and innovations
- Chapter 3 The theory-practice problem
- Chapter 4 The fundamental characteristics of action research
- Chapter 5 The dilemmas and temptations of the reflective practitioner
- Chapter 6 A practical guide to action research
- Part III Action research in policy contexts
- Chapter 7 Action research and the emergence of teacher appraisal in the UK
- Chapter 8 Competency-based training and the education of the professions: is a happy marriage possible?
- Chapter 9 The National Curriculum and models of curriculum development
- References
- Index
- Back cover
