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Action Research
All You Need to Know

First Edition


April 2017 | 288 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

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 find:

  • 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.

 
Acknowledgements
 
Introduction
 
PART I: WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW?
 
Chapter 1: What is action research?
 
Chapter 2: Who can do action research?
 
Chapter 3: The values base of action research
 
Chapter 4: Critical times for action research
 
PART II: WHY DO I NEED TO KNOW?
 
Chapter 5: Why do action research?
 
Chapter 6: The responsibility of practitioner-researchers: contributing to new practices and new learning
 
Chapter 7: The responsibility of practitioner-researchers: contributing to new thinking and ideas
 
Chapter 8: The responsibility of practitioner-researchers: engaging with the literatures
 
PART III: HOW DO I FIND OUT?
 
Chapter 9: Thinking about doing an action research project
 
Chapter 10: Planning to do your action research
 
Chapter 11: Carrying out your action plans
 
Chapter 12: Evaluating the quality of your plans, practices and research
 
PART IV: HOW DO I GENERATE EVIDENCE TO TEST THE VALIDITY OF MY KNOWLEDGE CLAIM?
 
Chapter 13: Monitoring practices and gathering data
 
Chapter 14: Working with data: analysing, authenticatin and interpreting
 
Chapter 15: Generating evidence from the data and making knowledge claims: summary chapter
 
PART V: HOW DO I TEST AND CRITIQUE MY KNOWLEDGE?
 
Chapter 16: Testing the validity of your knowledge claim
 
Chapter 17: Establishing the legitimacy of your knowledge claim
 
PART VI: HOW DO I REPRESENT AND COMMUNICATE MY KNOWLEDGE?
 
Chapter 18: Thinking about writing your dissertation
 
Chapter 19: Writing up your dissertation
 
PART VII: HOW DO I SHOW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MY KNOWLEDGE?
 
Chapter 20: The significance of it all
 
References
 
Index

A practical approach to understanding action research, I would recommend this book for any student interested in research and professional inquiry.

Kim Moore
Faculty of Health, Birmingham City University
March 5, 2018

A good read on action research. Provides in depth guidance to any researcher pursuing action research.

Dr Elfrieda Fleischmann
Geography and research, Cedar College
November 25, 2017

A useful text that guides the reader through the practicalities and complexities of the action research process / cycle in an effective step-by-step method. Particularly useful to doctoral students embarking on this type of research method for the first time.

Professor Jayne Elizabeth Marshall
Health, University of Leicester
August 15, 2017

I do not receive the book for the reading, so I could not provide a reason.

Professor Micheal van Wyk
Curriculum and Instructional Studies, University of South Africa (UNISA)
November 22, 2017

This book will inspire, support and enable your students to successfully use Action Research. Outstanding - it truly is 'All You Need to Know'.

Ms Therese Lewis
Faculty of Health, Social Work & Educ, Northumbria University
November 13, 2017

Links well to course content

Mrs Terrie Blaszczyk
Froebel College, Roehampton University
August 31, 2017
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Sample Materials & Chapters

Chapter 1: What is action research?