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This book gives practical guidance on doing an action research project. Written for practitioners across professions who are studying on award-bearing courses, this book is packed full of useful advice and takes the reader through the various stages of a project, including: Starting your action research project Monitoring and documenting the action Techniques for dealing with the data Making claims to knowledge and validating them Making your research public: creating your living theory. The book's practical approach will appeal to practitioners and will encourage them to try out new strategies for improving their work. It will also be essential reading for those resource managers in schools, colleges and higher education institutions who are responsible for providing courses and support. This second edition of a best-selling book, has been thoroughly updated and improved by a number of features, being more accessible, dealing with current debates in literature and demonstrating the power of action research for individual practices. © 2003 Jean McNiff, Pamela Lomax and Jack Whitehead. All rights reserved.
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... The study was designed according to the principles of action research. This qualitative research model allows teachers to observe their own teaching and to scrutinize a problem or action in a systematic way (McNiff, Lomax, & Whitehead, 2004). This study aims to examine micro teaching sessions of preservice teachers. ...
January 2003
... Action research with the CMR orientation "addresses the twin tasks of bringing about change in organization and in generating robust, actionable knowledge" (Canterino et al., 2016: 159) and fits the need of the client organization. Action research is an approach that integrates researchers' scientific knowledge with existing practical knowledge to address real organizational issues (Bradbury, 2015;McNiff, 2017). The underlying assumption "is that human systems could only be understood and changed if the members of the system are engaged and collaborate in the inquiry process itself" (Canterino et al., 2016: 159). ...
January 2006
... The methodology employed in this research is grounded in Participatory Action Research (MacDonald, 2012;Whitehead and McNiff, 2006) integrating various modes of inquiry to articulate narratives and actions within the context of urban subversive festivities. This approach includes: ...
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... As for all the student teachers, this was their first time teaching junior high school students and using a tutorial www.ccsenet.org/ies International Education Studies Vol. 6, No. 7; 2013 approach, and a continuous reflective practice played a crucial role in making sense of their work environment and initiating changes to support learning (Norton, 2009; Whitehead & McNiff, 2006). Therefore, the research project was conducted using a self-reflective methodology. ...
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... These data included end-of-term grades, mid-term and end-of-term student evaluations of teaching, degree and frequency of student accommodation requests, subsequent course grade outcomes were reviewed, and the experiences of faculty teaching the courses. Adjustments to course policies and the implementation of new policies continued in subsequent semesters based on the most recent data according to principles of action research (McNiff & Whitehead, 2002). Because this research was grounded in personal reflections and decision making, the results and discussion are reported in the first-person voice. ...
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