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" All you need to know about action research / "
Jean McNiff & Jack Whitehead.
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BL
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1013015
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b767385
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| Main Entry
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McNiff, Jean.
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All you need to know about action research /\ Jean McNiff Jack Whitehead.
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| Publication Statement
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London ;Thousand Oaks, Calif. :: SAGE,, 2006.
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iv, 274 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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1412908051
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: 141290806X
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: 9781412908054
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: 9781412908061
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-269) and index.
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| Contents
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PART ONE: WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW -- What Is Action Research? -- Who Does Action Research? -- The Underpinning Assumptions of Action Research -- Where Did Action Research Come from? -- PART TWO: WHY DO I NEED TO KNOW? -- Why Do Action Research? -- Learning To Improve Practice -- Contributing to New Theory -- Evaluating Your Research -- PART THREE: HOW DO I FIND OUT? -- Feasibility Planning -- What Do You Need To Think About First? -- Action Planning -- How Do You Develop an Action Plan? -- Doing Your Action Research -- Carrying Out Your Action Plan -- Examples of Action Research Projects -- PART FOUR: HOW DO I GENERATE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT MY CLAIM TO KNOWLEDGE? -- Monitoring Practice and Looking for Data -- Gathering, Sorting and Storing Data -- Turning the Data into Evidence -- PART FIVE: HOW DO I TEST AND CRITIQUE MY KNOWLEDGE? -- Testing the Validity of Your Claims to Knowledge -- Establishing the Legitimacy of Your Claim to Knowledge -- Engaging with the Politics of Knowledge -- PART SIX: HOW DO I REPRESENT AND DISSEMINATE MY KNOWLEDGE? -- Telling Your Research Story -- Writing a Workplace Report -- Writing a Report for Higher Degree Accreditation -- Publishing and Disseminating Your Research -- PART SEVEN: HOW DO I SHOW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MY KNOWLEDGE? -- Explaining the Significance of Your Research -- Developing New Epistemologies for Organizational Cultures of Enquiry -- The Amazing Potential Global Influence of Your Action Research.
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The authors provide an easy-to-follow introduction to action research that acts as a guide to its history and philosophy, covers the main theoretical debates in action research, and helps anyone undertaking their own action research project.
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Action research.
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70.03 methods, techniques and organization of social science research.
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Action research.
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Aktionsforskning.
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Actieonderzoek.
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| Dewey Classification
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300.72
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LB1028.24.M399 2006
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H62.M2343 2006
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70.03bcl
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70.03.bcl
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Whitehead, Jack.
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