Self-Study Teacher Research
Improving Your Practice Through Collaborative Inquiry
July 2012 | 344 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Self-Study Teacher Research guides pre-service and in-service teachers in conducting and assessing classroom-based self-study research. Teacher education students are guided in developing a more consciously driven mode of professional activity as they pose questions and formulate personal theories to improve professional practice with the validation of colleagues.
Preface
PART I: THE 6Ws OF SELF-STUDY RESEARCH
1. Understanding Self-Study: What and Why
2. Overview of the Self-Study Process: What and How
3. The Self-Study Community: When and Where and Who
4. The Self-Study Research Methodology: Why and How
5. Self-Study Methods: How
PART II: YOUR SELF-STUDY PROJECT
6. Design
7. Protect
8. Organize Data
9. Collect Data
10. Analyze Data
11. Assess Research Quality
12. Write
13. Present and Publish
Closing Remarks
Appendix A: Sample of a Self-Study Teacher Research Exemplar Brief
Appendix B: Self-Study is Not Just for Classroom Teachers
Glossary
References
Index
About the Author
Useful for New Adjunct professor training
Management Dept, Colorado Technology University - Denver
October 25, 2010