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McNiff, Jean.

All you need to know about action research / Action research Jean McNiff and Jack Whitehead. - 2nd ed. - Los Angeles : SAGE, 2011. - vi, 274 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-269) and index.

Contents
Introduction
1
What Do I Need to Know?
5
1 What Is Action Research?
7
2 Who Can Do Action Research?
18
3 The Underpinning Assumptions of Action Research
26
4 Where Did Action Research Come from and Where Is it Now?
41
Why Do I Need to Know?
53
5 Why Do Action Research?
55
13 Gathering Sorting and Storing Data
140
14 Turning the Data into Evidence
150
How Do I Test and Critique My Knowledge?
159
15 Testing the Validity of Your Claims to Knowledge
161
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171
17 Engaging with the Politics of Knowledge
180
How Do I Represent and Disseminate My Knowledge?
189
18 Telling Your Research Story
191

6 Learning to Improve Practice
62
7 Contributing to New Theory
71
8 Evaluating Your Research
79
How Do I Find Out?
87
Planning and Designing Your Action Research
89
10 Engaging with the Literatures
111
Carrying Out Your Action Plan
120
How Do I Generate Evidence to Support My Claim to Knowledge?
131
12 Monitoring Practice and Looking for Data
133
19 Writing a Workplace Report
198
20 Writing a Report for Higher Degree Accreditation
209
21 Publishing and Disseminating Your Research
223
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239
22 Explaining the Significance of Your Research
241
23 Developing New Epistemologies for Workplace Cultures of Enquiry
249
References
260
Index
270
Copyright

ISBN: 9780857025821 (hbk.) 0857025821 (hbk.) 9780857025838 085702583X

LCCN: 2010935730

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015706228 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Action research.

LC Class. No.: LB1028.24 / .M3987 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 001.4 MCN W