TY  - BOOK
AU  - McNiff,Jean
AU  - Whitehead,Jack
TI  - All you need to know about action research
SN  - 9780857025821 (hbk.)
AV  - LB1028.24 .M3987 2011
U1  - 001.4 MCN W 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Los Angeles
PB  - SAGE
KW  - Action research
N1  - 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
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