Bill Atweh / Stephen Kemmis / Patricia Weeks (eds.)

Action Research in Practice

Partnership for Social Justice in Education
Herausgeber: Atweh, Bill; Weeks, Patricia; Kemmis, Stephen

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Presents a collection of stories from action research projects in schools and a university. The shows how projects that differ on a variety of dimensions can raise similar themes, problems and issues. The book begins with theme chapters discussing action research, social justice and partnerships in research. The case study chapters cover topics such as: school environment - how to make a school a healthier place to be; parents - how to involve them more in decision-making; students as action researchers; a state system - a collaborative effort between university staff and a state education department; gender - how to promote gender equity in schools; improving assessment in the social sciences; staff development planning; doing a PhD through action research; and writing up action research projects.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Februar 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 163mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 762g
• ISBN-13: 9780415171519
• ISBN-10: 0415171512
• Artikelnr.: 21422316

Autorenporträt

Bill Atweh is at the Queensland University of Technology, Stephen Kemmis is at the University of Ballarat, and Patricia Weeks is at Queensland University of Technology.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: The story of the book PART 1 The project 1 PARAPET: from
meta-project to network PART 2 Common themes 2 Participatory action
research and the study of practice 3 Research partnerships: principles and
possibilities 4 Some thoughts on contemporary theories of social justice 5
Parents as partners for educational change: the Ashgrove Healthy School
Environment Project 6 Bridges and broken fingernails 7 Students as action
researchers: partnerships for social justice PART 4 Partners supporting
schools change 8 A journey into a learning partnership: a university and a
state system working together for curriculum change 9 Change in schools:
practice and vision 10 Action research for professional development on
gender issues 11 Collaborative action research: learnings from a social
sciences project in a secondary school PART 5 Partnerships within the
university 12 Action research as reflective collaboration 13 Occasional
visits to the kingdom: part-time university teaching 14 A pathway for
postgraduate teaching 15 Academic growth through action research: A
doctoral student's narrative 16 Collaborative writing in participatory
action research