Action Research (eBook)

An Educational Leader's Guide to School Improvement

Jeffrey Glanz (Autor)

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2014 | 3., Third Edition
364 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4422-2370-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This interactive edition of the widely popular resource features separate chapters introducing quantitative and qualitative research approaches and data analyses. A new chapter outlines how to initiate an action research project and another gives you just what you need to complete a project.

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Action Research: An Educational Leader's Guide to School Improvement, Third Edition, is a clear and practical guide to conducting action research in schools. Although it offers neither a cookbook nor a quick-fix approach, this book does outline the process of designing and reporting an action research project. Useful as a classroom text as well as a self-teaching tool, Action Research: An Educational Leader's Guide to School Improvement is a comprehensive training manual. It can be used by practitioners in the field, by graduate students enrolled in leadership and/or master's thesis courses, or by anyone interested in learning how to conduct action research projects, including classroom teachers ,who are leaders too in their own right. The strategies and techniques of action research described are no different for teachers than they are for administrators.The underlying assumption of this work is that research is not a domain only for academics, it is also a powerful approach that can be used by practitioners to contribute to school renewal and instructional improvement. Rather than being merely a philosophical treatise or theoretical analysis, Action Research provides concrete strategies and techniques for conducting action research in schools.

Autor

Jeffrey Glanz is Head of the M.Ed. program in leadership and management at Michlala-Jerusalem College, and a Professor of Education in the Azrieli Graduate Schoolat Yeshiva University.

Inhalt

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionBrief DescriptionUniquenessAudienceRationaleAssumptionsGoalsOrganization and ContentReferencesChapter 1: An Introduction to Action Research: It’s Not AllThat ComplicatedWhat Is Research?Ignorance About the Utility of ResearchResearch as a Professional ResponsibilityWhy Educational Leaders Might Avoid ResearchA Paradigm for ResearchEvaluation Research: The Most Common Use of Action Research for Educational LeadersEvolution of Action ResearchAction Research DefinedBenefits of Action ResearchAction Research Is Not ComplicatedSteps in Action ResearchThe Educational Leader as a Reflective PractitionerReflective PracticeSummaryReferencesChapter 2: Teaching and Doing Action Research ThroughGeneral SemanticsIntroductionWhat Is General Semantics?Course DescriptionAnother Lesson From General SemanticsSummary and ConclusionReferencesChapter 3: Getting Started on an Action Research ProjectGetting Started: The Overall Research PlanClarifying PurposesConsidering LogisticsThe PlanSuggestions for Getting StartedReferencesChapter 4: Quantitative Approaches to Action ResearchDescriptive ResearchCorrelation ResearchGroup Comparison ResearchChoosing a Research DesignAn Inadequate Research DesignAdequate Research Designs (or Simplified Designs for School Research)ReferencesChapter 5: Qualitative Approaches to Action ResearchHistorical InquiryEthnographic ResearchCase Study ResearchReferencesChapter 6: Easy Steps to Program Development and Evaluation ResearchEight Steps of Program DevelopmentFive Steps of Program EvaluationReferencesChapter 7: Data Collection Techniques That WorkPopular Data Collection Techniques Used in Action ResearchPrimary Data Collection TechniquesSecondary Data Collection TechniquesReferencesChapter 8: How to Analyze Quantitative Data EasilyStatistical AnalysesApplication of Mean, Standard Deviation, and PercentageThe t-TestThe Sign TestThe Mann-Whitney U-TestThe Chi Square and Other User-Friendly StatisticsReferencesChapter 9: How to Analyze Qualitative Data EasilyAnalytic ProceduresComputer ApplicationsTables, Graphs, and ChartsReferencesChapter 10: Putting It All Together: What Does It Mean?Interpreting DataReporting DataWriting the Research ReportOverview of Steps for Writing Up an Action Research ProjectElements of the ReportReferencesChapter 11: Completing Your Action Research Master’s Thesis ProjectStep 1: Identify a TopicStep 2: Write a Literature ReviewStep 3: Develop a Research PlanStep 4: Carry Out the PlanStep 5: Write Up the ResultsChapter 12: Action Research in PracticeAction Planning and ImplementationBecoming Reflective Practitioners Through Action ResearchConclusionReferencesChapter 13:Seven Suggestions for Action ResearchersExpect the UnexpectedBe Receptive to Both Quantitative and Especially Qualitative ApproachesGive It Your AllDon’t Make a Decision Too QuicklyKeep Lines of Communication Open and ClearAppreciate Your Enlightened EyeTake ActionThe Ethics of Action ResearchConclusionReferencesAppendix A: PretestAppendix B: Sample Write-Up of Quantitative and Qualitative Methods and ResultsAppendix C: Sample AppendixesAppendix D: Are You a Good Writer?Appendix E: Brief Description of APAAppendix F: Evaluation Criteria for ReportAppendix G: Sample Consent FormsAppendix H: Sample Cover LetterAppendix I: Sample Action Research Proposals by TeachersGlossaryAnnotated ReferencesIndexAbout the Author

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.6.2014
• Reihe/Serie: Christopher-Gordon New Editions
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lektüren / Interpretationen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Privatrecht / Bürgerliches Recht ► Zivilverfahrensrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: action research in schools • Benefits of Action Research • Choosing a Research Design • classroom text • comprehensive training manual • conduct action research projects • Data Analysis • Leadership • Practical Guide • Qualitative research • quantitative research • Reflective practitioner • Research Plan
• ISBN-10: 1-4422-2370-7 / 1442223707
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4422-2370-7 / 9781442223707