Making Classroom Inquiry Work
Techniques for Effective Action Research
1st Edition
Published on 16. December 2010
206 pages
979-8-216-34890-0 (ISBN)
Description
Teachers are the single most important element in helping every child succeed in school. Making Classroom Inquiry Work: Techniques for Effective Action Research is designed to serve those who wish to delve deeper into their action research or as leaders in teacher research and reflective practice.
Robert P. Pelton is also the author of Action Research for Teacher Candidates: Using Classroom Data to Enhance Instruction, written in the hopes of equipping teachers-in-training with the skills needed for action research: a process that leads to focused, effective, and responsive strategies that help students succeed. These two books serve as both a perfect training curriculum for pre-service teachers at the undergraduate or graduate level and as an excellent vehicle for professional development for in-service teachers.
Robert P. Pelton is also the author of Action Research for Teacher Candidates: Using Classroom Data to Enhance Instruction, written in the hopes of equipping teachers-in-training with the skills needed for action research: a process that leads to focused, effective, and responsive strategies that help students succeed. These two books serve as both a perfect training curriculum for pre-service teachers at the undergraduate or graduate level and as an excellent vehicle for professional development for in-service teachers.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
979-8-216-34890-0 (9798216348900)
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12/2010
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Persons
Robert P. Pelton is a professor in the School of Education at Stevenson University, Stevenson, Maryland. He is very active in professional development schools, where he assists teacher interns in using classroom data within the action research process to make instructional decisions. Dr. Pelton is also a consultant for Epiphanies Inc., where he effectively uses the action research model to help build and strengthen educational outreach programs.
Content
Part 1 Preface
Part 2 Section I. Getting Into Your Study
Chapter 3 Action Research: The Essential Strategies
Chapter 4 Setting the Stage: Understanding the Importance of Context in Action Research
Chapter 5 Framing Your Action Research Study
Chapter 6 Qualitative Plus Quantitative Equals a Mixed Method Research Design
Chapter 7 Video Studies for Improving Classroom Teaching-Learning Performances
Part 8 Section II. Planning for Success in Action Research
Chapter 10 Learning Conversations: How Oral Inquiry Support the Five Steps of Action Research
Chapter 11 Tools for Collaboration
Chapter 12 Developing An Action Research Communication Plan (An Holistic Approach)
Part 13 About the Contributors
Part 14 About the Author
Part 2 Section I. Getting Into Your Study
Chapter 3 Action Research: The Essential Strategies
Chapter 4 Setting the Stage: Understanding the Importance of Context in Action Research
Chapter 5 Framing Your Action Research Study
Chapter 6 Qualitative Plus Quantitative Equals a Mixed Method Research Design
Chapter 7 Video Studies for Improving Classroom Teaching-Learning Performances
Part 8 Section II. Planning for Success in Action Research
Chapter 10 Learning Conversations: How Oral Inquiry Support the Five Steps of Action Research
Chapter 11 Tools for Collaboration
Chapter 12 Developing An Action Research Communication Plan (An Holistic Approach)
Part 13 About the Contributors
Part 14 About the Author
