| Description |
xiii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Phase 3. Creating change. Step 9: Form an action research group - Step 10: Gather 'baseline' data - Step 11: Create a change and collect data about its effects - Step 12: Analyse your data - Step 13: Deepen and broaden your data and understandings - Step 14: Choose a further social practice to change or improve, perhaps guided by a new research question -- Phase 4. Sharing the lessons of your change. Step 15: Draw conclusions from your analysis - Step 16: Share the lessons of your project |
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Phase 1. Choosing to change. Step 1: Choose a social practice to change or improve - Step 2: Ask a question about your chosen social practice -- Phase 2. Planning for a change. Step 3: Learn more about the action research family - Step 4: Learn more about your topic from the literature - Step 5: Learn more about your ethical responsibilities -- Step 6: Learn about reflection, critical reflection and practice -- Step 7: Map the practicalities of researching in your context - Step 8: Plan to make your research rigorous and valid -- |
| Summary |
"The book introduces and evaluates different approaches to action research and explores how they can be applied in early childhood settings to create positive change and to improve practice. Each chapter offers gentle guidance and support at a specific stage of the research process, from choosing your initial topic to formulating your research question, through to sharing the lessons of your project." -- back cover |
| Analysis |
Elementary education & schools |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [240]-245) and indexes |
| Subject |
Action research.
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Children -- Research -- Case studies.
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Children -- Research -- Methodology.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies.
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| Author |
Hughes, Patrick, 1947-
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| ISBN |
0335228615 (hbk.) |
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0335228623 (paperback) |
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9780335228614 (hbk.) |
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9780335228621 (paperback) |
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