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Action research : a methodology for change and development / Bridget Somekh.

By: Somekh, Bridget [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Doing qualitative research in educational settings: Publisher: Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Description: 225 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0335216595 (hardback); 9780335216598 (hardback).Subject(s): Action research in educationDDC classification: 001.4

Includes bibliographical references (pages [200]-212) and index.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction (p. 1)
  • Chapter 1 Agency, Change and the Generation of Actionable Knowledge (p. 11)
  • Chapter 2 Doing Action Research Differently (p. 31)
  • Chapter 3 Action Research from the Inside: a Teacher's Experience (p. 62)
  • Chapter 4 Action Research and Radical Change in Schools (p. 89)
  • Chapter 5 Action Research for Organizational Development in Higher Education (p. 112)
  • Chapter 6 Action Research in a Partnership between Regional Companies and a University (p. 130)
  • Chapter 7 Action Research in the Evaluation of a National Programme (p. 153)
  • Chapter 8 Action Research and Innovative Pedagogies with ICT (p. 175)
  • Chapter 9 Reflections on the Process of Writing this Book and its Purposes (p. 196)
  • References (p. 200)
  • Index (p. 213)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Bridget Somekh is well known for her leadership of action research projects in the UK and Europe and as a keynote lecturer and consultant internationally