Doing and Writing Action Research
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Doing and Writing Action Research by Jean Mcniff
Following on from the authors extremely popular books on Action Research, this book deals with the core issues involved in writing-up Action Research Projects.
′A highly illuminating and insightful resource..written in simple and accessible language without losing sight of the complexity of its subject...This is a must have text for all those supervising or conducting action research at all levels in higher education. I shall be adding it to my reading lists′ -
Education in the North
′McNiff and Whitehead address their book to the practitioner, and in line with other commentators see AR as a form of practitioner research. The crux of McNiff and Whitehead′s project seems to be to find a way to ′square the circle′ of accepting that AR has the nature that it does, which necessarily makes it different from traditional academic research, yet making it seems suitable as a basis for academic awards at universities without compromising its AR nature. [...]The teacher who wants to improve their practice, and to bring their actions more in line with the espoused values, should certainly consider adopting AR′ -- Keith S. Taber
Education in the North
′McNiff and Whitehead address their book to the practitioner, and in line with other commentators see AR as a form of practitioner research. The crux of McNiff and Whitehead′s project seems to be to find a way to ′square the circle′ of accepting that AR has the nature that it does, which necessarily makes it different from traditional academic research, yet making it seems suitable as a basis for academic awards at universities without compromising its AR nature. [...]The teacher who wants to improve their practice, and to bring their actions more in line with the espoused values, should certainly consider adopting AR′ -- Keith S. Taber
Jean McNiff is Professor of Educational Research at York St John University, UK. She is also a Visiting Professor at UiT the Arctic University of Norway, and at the Beijing Normal University and Ningxia Teachers’ University, People’s Republic of China. Jean took early retirement from her position as deputy head teacher of a large secondary school in Dorset, UK. She went into business for herself, and developed her writing. Her textbooks on action research and professional education are now used internationally on workplace-based professional education courses and on higher degree courses. Jean provides interdisciplinary consultancy work to institutions around the world where she gives lectures and conducts workshops on planning, doing and writing action research. Jean aims to contribute to personal and social betterment through educational research. She encourages everyone to make their stories public in the form of their personal and collaborative theories of practice; and she firmly believes that each individual is able to contribute to social and planetary wellbeing by explaining how they hold themselves accountable for what they do. In this way she links education with moral accountability. She tries to bring the university to everyday contexts, and everyday contexts into the university, for it is only by involving everyone, she feels, that the world will become a better place for us all.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847871756 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847871755 |
| Title | Doing and Writing Action Research |
| Author | Jean Mcniff |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Sage Publications Ltd |
| Year published | 2009-04-22 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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