Action research : all you need to know /
By: McNiff, Jean [author.].
Publisher: Los Angeles : SAGE, 2017Description: vi, 277 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9781473967465; 9781473967465:; 1473967465; 9781473967472; 1473967473.Subject(s): Action research | Social action![](/opac-tmpl/bootstrap/images/filefind.png)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-271) and index.
Machine generated contents note: pt. I What do I need to know? -- 1. What is action research? -- 2. Who can do action research? -- 3. The values base of action research -- 4. Critical times for action research -- pt. II Why do I need to know? -- 5. Why do action research? -- 6. The responsibilities of practitioner-researchers: contributing to new practices and new learning -- 7. The responsibilities of practitioner-researchers: contributing to new thinking and ideas -- 8. The responsibilities of practitioner-researchers: engaging with the literatures -- pt. III How do I find out? -- 9. Thinking about doing an action research project -- 10. Planning to do your action research -- 11. Carrying out your action plans -- 12. Evaluating the quality of your plans, practices and research -- pt. IV How do I generate evidence to test the validity of my knowledge claim? -- 13. Monitoring practices and gathering data -- 14. Working with data: analysing, authenticating and interpreting -- 15. Generating evidence from the data and making knowledge claims: summary chapter -- pt. V How do I test and critique my knowledge? -- 16. Testing the validity of your knowledge claim -- 17. Establishing the legitimacy of your knowledge claim -- pt. VI How do I represent and communicate my knowledge? -- 18. Thinking about writing your dissertation -- 19. Writing up your dissertation -- pt. VII How do I show the significance of my knowledge? -- 20. The significance of it all.
This work gives you all you need to know about action research, why you need to know it and how it can help you become a self-reflective practitioner-researcher. It provides the ideas and frameworks to understand action research, combined with a practical workbook to guide you through the practicalities and complexities of doing action research in your own context.