The action research dissertation : a guide for students and faculty /: a guide for students and faculty. (2014)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kathryn Herr Montclair State University, Gary L. Anderson, New York University.
• Other Names: Herr, Kathryn; Anderson, Gary L, 1948-
• Contents: Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; 1. Introduction: What Is an Action Research Dissertation?; The Many Faces of Action Research; Toward a Definition of Action Research; The Action Research Dissertation; 2. Action Research Traditions and Knowledge Interests; The Multiple Traditions of Action Research; Action Research and Organizational Development/Learning; Action Science; Participatory Research: The Legacy of Paulo Freire; Participatory Evaluation; Action Research and Community Psychology; Action Research in Education; The Teacher-as-Researcher Movement in Britain; The Practitioner Research Movement in North America; The Danger of Co-Optation; Participatory Action Research with Youth: YPAR; Action Research as Narrative: Self-Study and Autoethnography; Arts-Based Approaches to Action Research; Feminist, Post-Colonial, and Antiracist Approaches to Action Research; The Knowledge Interests of Action Research; Notes; 3. The Continuum of Positionality in Action Research; Insider: Researcher Studies Own Self/Practice; Insider in Collaboration With Other Insiders; Insider(s) in Collaboration With Outsider(s); PAR: Reciprocal Collaboration (Insider-Outsider Teams); PAR: Outsider(s) in Collaboration With Insider(s); Outsider(s) Studies Insider(s); Multiple Positionalities; The Outsider-Within Stance as a Flawed Approach to Action Research; Conclusion; Note; 4. Quality Criteria for Action Research: An Ongoing Conversation; Delegitimizing Action Research: Opposition in the Academy; Redefining Rigor: Criteria of Quality for Action Research; Reason and Bradbury’s Discussion of Validity and Choice Points; Addressing Bias in Action Research; Are the Findings of Action Research Generalizable?; The Politics of Action Research; Institutional Micropolitics; The Politics of Redefining Professionalism; The Politics of Knowledge; The Macropolitics of Action Research Projects; Note; 5. Designing the Plane While Flying it: Proposing and Doing the Dissertation; Possibilities of a Pilot Study; The Dissertation Proposal; Introducing the Proposed Inquiry; Situating the Study in Relevant Literature; Methodological Considerations; Data Analysis and Representation; Where Do Action Research Questions Come From?; Insider Action Research; Outsider Action Research; Issues of Design and Methodology; Designing Insider Action Research; Designing Outsider Action Research; The Literature Review: Literature in Dialogue With the Data; Writing the Dissertation; Defending the Dissertation; 6. What Does an Action Research Dissertation Look Like?; Lynne Mock: Carving a Dissertation Out of a PAR Project; The Entry Process; Creating Participatory Structures; Writing the Dissertation; Emphasizing the Strengths of Action Research; Researcher-Initiated PAR Studies; Initiating the PAR Study; The Emergent Design of the PAR Process; Collaborative Data Analysis; Disseminating the Results: Multiple Forms of Representation and Audiences; John Mark Dyke: Insider Action Research; First Phase of the Work; Iterative Cycles of Inquiry; The Dissertation Research; Gary W. Street: A Principal Cultivating Action Research; Conclusion; Note; 7. Ethical Considerations and Action Research; Working with Institutional Review Process; Ethics in Practice; Authentic Collaboration; Learning to Be Researchers; Who’s the Writing For?; Moving Beyond Do No Harm; 8. Final Thoughts; References; Index;
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (216 pages)
• Subjects: 300.72; Social sciences -- Research; Action research; Dissertations, Academic -- Authorship; Academic writing
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483358123; 1483358127
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