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Writing and Doing Action Research
- Jean McNiff - Independent Academic Consultant
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Written for practitioners involved in higher degree courses and professional development programmes, and students undertaking methods courses, this book includes guidance on how to:
- Carry out an action research project in your setting
- Present your findings in a dissertation, report or thesis
- Write up your research with an eye to informing policy
- Demonstrate the quality of your research and writing
- Be critical and write theoretically
- Write for journals and prepare thesis and book proposals
The book contains excerpts taken from action research projects in a range of settings and presents exercises to help you develop successful written accounts of your research.
Writing and Doing Action Research is an essential text for anyone working with action research, providing vital guidance on the preparation and production of texts, how this type of work is assessed and enabling you to get the best results from your research.
The leading expert in practitioner research, Jean McNiff ensures that the practice of writing, as well as the practice of research, is beautifully revealed.
In this accessible and inspiring book Jean McNiff draws on a lifetime's experience of working on collaborative action research projects around the world in many different institutional settings and professional contexts. Writing and Doing Action Research provides a clear and staged introduction to action research methodology and offers sound advice on writing for publication and dissemination. While grounded in the relevant methodological literature it speaks directly and with passion to its readership. Students and practitioners alike will find this an invaluable resource.
The book is a useful addition for those completing masters or doctoral degrees, and early career researchers. It is also a useful text for those who
are encountering research, and speci fi cally action research, for the fi rst time to support the emergent researcher to develop academic and writing skills congruent with authenticity and beliefs. However, it is also an important social research text as it reminds us of the power for transformation and change through academic writing.
By the end of the introduction, I had been won over by the author’s assertion that I should “be confident to contribute to human and planetary well-being through dialogue”, somewhat comforted by the romantic view of myself as an “activist writer”. By the final page, I am convinced that it is time to take the first steps down the “tough road” of sufficient self-education to re-engage and start writing about my practice. This book is both a valuable resource for the action researcher and a call to action for the practitioner: whatever your practice, start writing and doing action research.
This is an outstanding book by an author who keeps on extending and communicating her expertise in a manner that is informative and enabling. The students and I have found it very user friendly and accessible while stretching and challenging all. I can't recommend this highly enough
Useful supplementary text for those undergraduates who are doing action research as part of their self study project.
Good supplementary books for pre-reg nursing student
This is a really useful introduction to Action Research and I am recommending it to all my Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice students (HE lecturers).
Specific text not generally appropriate to students not already on a research degree
Very useful on how to write up action research.
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Action research (AR) is a methodical process of self-inquiry accomplished by practitioners to unravel work-related problems. This paper analyzed the action research reports (ARRs) in terms of ...
The goal of this handbook is to address the needs of educators new to the benefits and processes of Action Research by providing step-by-step guidelines for implementing Action Research projects for the purpose of examining and refining literacy practices to improve student performance.
4 Action Research Project Components EDCC 551 EDPC 611 APA 7.0 Format/Organization for a Professional Paper: X X Approval for Action Research X
ACTION RESEARCH. is a rather simple set of ideas and techniques that can introduce you to the power of systematic reflection on your practice. Our basic assumption is that you have within you the power to meet all the challenges of the teaching profession. Furthermore, you can meet these challenges without wearing yourself down to a nub.
This brings us back to the essential steps of action research: identifying the problem, devising an action plan, implementing the plan, and finally, observing and reflecting upon the process. Your action research report should comprise all of these essential steps. Feldman and Weiss (n.d.) summarized them as five structural elements, which do ...
This course is designed to give an overview of action research, particularly action research that is conducted within educational settings. Emphasis is placed upon gaining an understanding of the difference between qualitative and quantitative research design, as well as becoming competent in setting up an action research project.
The action plan will be assessed using the Milestone 2 rubric in the Action Research Project Handbook. The candidate will demonstrate in the presentation how collaboration with a P-12 partner school led to a determination of an area of need in student learning and a plan to address the need (CAEP A.2.1).
Action research is a research method that aims to simultaneously investigate and solve an issue. In other words, as its name suggests, action research conducts research and takes action at the same time. It was first coined as a term in 1944 by MIT professor Kurt Lewin.A highly interactive method, action research is often used in the social ...
action research project. As the action plan is implemented, its effectiveness must continually be monitored, evaluated, and revised, thus perpetuating the cyclical nature of action research. The action plan may be proposed for an individual teacher or classroom, collaboratively among a group of teachers, or on a schoolwide or even a ...
Doing and Writing Action Research provides a clear, comprehensive and user-friendly guide to the practical aspects of carrying out action research. Written with practitioners involved in workplace-based professional development programmes, as well as those on research training courses, in mind, this book covers all the core issues, with guidance on how to: - present findings - produce a ...
2016-2017, under the project title Technical Assistance to develop Guidelines for School Level Action Research. It contains a step-by-step process in planning and conducting action research in a systemic scholarly manner, whether the researcher applies for the Sherig Endowment Fund or even otherwise. The guideline also provides tools and mechanism
From doing to writing action research: A plea to ARJ authors. The purpose of this editorial is to invite our readers and authors to inquire into the quality of manuscripts submitted to the journal, together with the ARJ Editorial Board. We greatly appreciate the amazing range of difficult issues that action researchers address and the ...
Many practice-based researchers have expert knowledge of doing research but often experience difficulties when writing it up and communicating the significance of what they have done. This book aims to help bridge the gap. Packed with practical advice and strong theoretical resources it takes you through the basics of designing and producing your text so that it will meet established standards ...
Be critical and write theoretically. Write for journals and prepare thesis and book proposals. The book contains excerpts taken from action research projects in a range of settings and presents exercises to help you develop successful written accounts of your research. Writing and Doing Action Research is an essential text for anyone working ...
EDUC or MGMT 696/697 Action Research Project I/II may be chosen to be completed within one single project or by two separate projects. Action Research Project(s) is/are to be completed within the semester in which the student is approved for. The student is to have completed the required research courses, EDUC or MGMT 601 - Study Design and ...
Chapters 8 and 9 delve more specifically into methodologies that inform research. Chapter 8 takes you through what are often described as qualitative, quantitative and mixed methodologies. Chapter 9 explores more purposive approaches such as evaluative, action-oriented, and emancipatory strategies.
Before submitting your manuscript to Action Research, please ensure you have read the Aims & Scope. 1.2 Article Types. The journal publishes quality articles on accounts of action research projects, explorations in the philosophy and methodology of action research, and considerations of the nature of quality in action research practice.
Field Action Research Project Guidelines 3 ** Used by permission of a Graduate Education Student, from her final project write-up . ... project. (Writing Guidelines, p. 16. for helpful writing tips). Field Action Research Project Guidelines 15 Field Mentor Information Sheet .
Thus, action research is often a cyclical process. The action research report that you write is based on this process. Typically, an action research report is written in the same way as you would write an original research article. However, you need to ensure that your report has the following components: The context or background.
The Guide to Ethical Issues and Action Researchuses the categories of a traditional 'human subjects' review only as a point of departure. Part I requests an overview of the project. Part II asks whether the activities fall within the everyday decision-making of a teacher or whether there is some further intervention.
Research proposal examples. Writing a research proposal can be quite challenging, but a good starting point could be to look at some examples. We've included a few for you below. Example research proposal #1: "A Conceptual Framework for Scheduling Constraint Management".
6 Action Research Project Components EDCC 551 EDPC 611 APA 6.0 Format/Organization: X X Approval for Action Research X Title Page X X Acknowledgements optional
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