Self-study teacher research : improving your practice through collaborative inquiry /: improving your practice through collaborative inquiry. (©2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anastasia P. Samaras.
• Other Names: Samaras, Anastasia P (Anastasia Pantelides), 1950-
• Contents: Preface; PART I: THE 6Ws OF SELF-STUDY RESEARCH; 1. Understanding Self-Study: What and Why; What is Self-Study Teacher Research?; What Self-Study Teacher Research is Not; Why Conduct Self-Study Teacher Research?; Key Ideas; 2. Overview of the Self-Study Process: What and How; Self-Study Research Project Planner; Self-Study Research Project Timeline; Self-Study Teacher Research Exemplar Brief; 3. The Self-Study Community: When and Where and Who; Culture of the Self-Study Community; Paradigm Shift; Influence, Confluence, and Divergence; Important Events in Outgrowth of Self-Study School; Critique and Sustainability; Key Ideas; 4. The Self-Study Research Methodology: Why and How; Characteristics of Self-Study Research; Five Foci Framework: Methodological Components of Self-Study Research; Key Ideas; 5. Self-Study Methods: How; Choosing a Self-Study Method; Challenges in Choosing a Method; Key Ideas; PART II: YOUR SELF-STUDY PROJECT; 6. Design; Design Matters; Seven Key Design Components; Key Ideas; 7. Protect; Questioning the Ethics of Your Study; School Division Review; The Role of Professional Organizations; Standards of Research Ethics; Institutional Review Boards; Key Ideas; 8. Organize Data; Alignment of Data with Question; Document; Categorize; Overlapping Research Phases; Key Ideas; 9. Collect Data; Data Gathering Techniques; Alternative Data Gathering Techniques; Quantifiable Data; Key Ideas; 10. Analyze Data; Research as a Recursive Act; Coding; Coding Families; Categories and Connections; Grounded Theory and the Constant Comparative Method; Concept Maps; Computer Software Tools; Key Ideas; 11. Assess Research Quality; Multiple Sources of Data; Transparency, validation, exemplars, and trustworthiness; Reliability; Generalizability; Key Ideas; 12. Write; Some Friendly Writing Advice; Writing Your Research Report; Writing Your Abstract; Welcoming Peer Critique; Key Ideas; 13. Present and Publish; The Importance of Presenting Your Research; Challenge the Status Quo of Presentations; Pointers for Presenting; Writing Your Self-Study Proposal; Advice for Presenting; The Proposal Review Process; Advice for Getting Published; Key Ideas; Closing Remarks; Appendix A:Sample of a Self-Study Teacher Research Exemplar Brief; Appendix B:Self-Study is Not Just for Classroom Teachers; Glossary; References; Index; About the Author;
• Publisher Details: Los Angeles : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxvi, 312 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 370.71/1; Action research in education; Teachers -- Training of; Group work in education; EDUCATION -- Research; Action research in education; Group work in education; Teachers -- Training of; Doceren; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781452211817; 1452211817; 9781452230481
• Related ISBNs: 145223048X; 9781412972079; 1412972078
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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