Doing and Writing Action ResearchDoing and Writing Action Research provides a clear, comprehensive, and user-friendly guide to the practical aspects of carrying out action research. Written with practitioners involved in workplace-based professional development programs, as well as those on research training courses, in mind, this book covers all the core issues, with guidance on how to present findings, produce a research report that can inform policy, demonstrate the quality of one's research, and be critical and write theoretically. The book contains many worked examples of action research projects, to help illustrate the guidance on producing successful written accounts.
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
WHAT I S WRITTEN IN AN ACTION RESEARCH REPORT? | 5 |
1 What is Special about Action Research Reports? | 7 |
2 What Goes into an Action Research Report? | 29 |
3 What Does an Action Research Report Look Like? | 48 |
4 Producing a Good Quality Text The Writing Process | 69 |
HOW I S AN ACTION RESEARCH REPORT WRITTEN? | 85 |
5 Writing an Action Research Proposal | 87 |
6 Writing Reports for Initial Accreditation | 106 |
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