| A Critical Action Research Reader Contributor(s): Steinberg, Shirley R. (Editor), Hinchey, Patricia H. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1433117606 ISBN-13: 9781433117602 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $60.37 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Research - Education | Elementary |
| Dewey: 370.72 |
| LCCN: 2015014328 |
| Series: Counterpoints |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 7" W x 9.9" (1.45 lbs) 330 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since its inception, action research has been the subject of confusion and controversy. Can something be research if it doesn't prove anything? Can something be action research if it's a project run by an expert who does not consider participants co-researchers? Questions multiply when the general term is limited to critical action research. What makes critical action research different from action research generally? Can the action research project of a classroom teacher intended to raise standardized test scores properly be considered critical? Is there a role for advocacy in any enterprise calling itself research? If critical action research is distinct from traditional empirical research, then what formats make sense for sharing results? This highly diverse collection of previously unpublished and published works offers a sampling of opinions on key theoretical and methodological questions, complemented by a wide range of critical action research reports illustrating what various theories look like in practice. The book provides a sketch of the topography of critical action research terrain and illuminates some diverse paths through it. |