Digging Deeper Into Action Research
A Teacher Inquirer's Field Guide
- Nancy Fichtman Dana - University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
Foreword by Marilyn Cochran-Smith
Continuing Professional Development | Decision Making Tools | Teaching Methods & Learning Styles
How—and when—can we find time to conduct meaningful action research? Great ideas and thought-provoking questions can only blossom through methodical inquiry. Nancy Fichtman Dana steps in as your action-research coach and leads you on a journey through wonderings to real change in your classroom.
From framing your question to presenting your research, this guide will encourage, challenge, and ultimately lead you through the action research process. Teachers, students, and action-research coaches alike will learn how to:
Reframe initial wonderings into pointed inquiries
Creatively analyze both qualitative and quantitative data
Draw action-research topics out of ordinary discussions with colleagues
Share findings with others to help them improve as well
With real-life vignettes, self-guided worksheets, and an included DVD, Digging Deeper into Action Research is your go-to guide each time you embark on a new journey toward professional growth.
Good supplementary reading for teacher education programs
I really like this book but think that the earlier book would better suit my class needs. This does not delve into the creation of questions/problems as thoroughly as I would like. It is broader, not quite as specific.
