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Action Research: All You Need to Know
This book gives you all you need to know about action research, why you need to know it and how it can help you become a self-reflective practitioner-researcher. It provides the ideas and frameworks to understand action research, combined with a practical workbook to guide you through the practicalities and complexities of doing action research in your own context.
Inside you will
An action plan to help you embark on your project Guidance and advice on learning to ask the right questions as you progress A full resource on writing up and communicating your results Inspiration to explain the significance of what you have achieved, so that other people can learn with and from you. Accessible and insightful, this is the complete start to finish guide to doing influential action research. It is the ideal companion for students and researcher-practitioners in any research setting, from education and health to business.
Inside you will
An action plan to help you embark on your project Guidance and advice on learning to ask the right questions as you progress A full resource on writing up and communicating your results Inspiration to explain the significance of what you have achieved, so that other people can learn with and from you. Accessible and insightful, this is the complete start to finish guide to doing influential action research. It is the ideal companion for students and researcher-practitioners in any research setting, from education and health to business.
286 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 10, 2017
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November 29, 2023A book for the basics. All of the chapters are divided into questions.
What do I need to know?
Why do I need to know?
How do I find out?
How do I generate evidence to test the validity of my knowledge keun?
How do I test and critique my knowledge?
How do I present and communicate my knowledge?
How do I show the significance of my knowledge?
What do I need to know?
Why do I need to know?
How do I find out?
How do I generate evidence to test the validity of my knowledge keun?
How do I test and critique my knowledge?
How do I present and communicate my knowledge?
How do I show the significance of my knowledge?
May 8, 2019
This book has an absolutely beautiful cover, which I very much appreciate! The inside contents are also aesthetically-pleasing, with bulleted information in places to break up paragraphs for readability.
In terms of the title, stating that what is inside is "all you need to know" is pretty heavy, but this book delivers. It goes through all steps, including writing a dissertation, and explains how action research has developed. Something I appreciated was that it gave clarity on qualitative research, such as epistemologies etc.
Something else that is great about this book is how accessible it makes action research. Perhaps that's just with action research in general, as I read a book yesterday that was the same way with the topic, but I love books that invite all practitioners to engage in research. I'm really sick of academics who haven't been inside a classroom in 10+ years using other people's students to further their tenure promotions, etc.
In terms of the title, stating that what is inside is "all you need to know" is pretty heavy, but this book delivers. It goes through all steps, including writing a dissertation, and explains how action research has developed. Something I appreciated was that it gave clarity on qualitative research, such as epistemologies etc.
Something else that is great about this book is how accessible it makes action research. Perhaps that's just with action research in general, as I read a book yesterday that was the same way with the topic, but I love books that invite all practitioners to engage in research. I'm really sick of academics who haven't been inside a classroom in 10+ years using other people's students to further their tenure promotions, etc.
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