McNiff, Jean. creator Whitehead, Jack. text bibliography cau Los Angeles SAGE 2011 2nd ed. monographic eng

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vi, 274 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. 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 17McNiff_2e4203CH16 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 23McNiff_2e4203CH22 239 22 Explaining the Significance of Your Research 241 23 Developing New Epistemologies for Workplace Cultures of Enquiry 249 References 260 Index 270 Copyright Jean McNiff and Jack Whitehead. Includes bibliographical references (p. [260]-269) and index. Action research LB1028.24 .M3987 2011 001.4 MCN W 9780857025821 (hbk.) 0857025821 (hbk.) 9780857025838 085702583X 2010935730 YDXCP 100826 20190816125101.0 16434029