Writing and Doing Action Research

Excellent text that will be very useful for third year students

The book presents a clear approach to case study research and reporting.

This book covers the required areas in sufficient detail to assist our students in the processes of completing action research. Good layout and topics.

Not suitable for undergraduates at this stage

This book is easy to read and to understand - and even motivates the reader. The good structure and simple design contribute to the pleasure it makes to read it. I can recommend this book to, for example, master students who want to report their research.

Set out in an easy to read format.

It appears to be more useful for those who want to publish rather than for those who want to carry out beginning action research. This is the ultimate goal for students but they are not there yet! Jean's advice as always is straightforward and useful.

This book is an essential reading for students in Master's programmes. McNiff does not only answer the question on what a reader needs to know about the practice of writing but also on the practice of doing action research. The book informs the reader about the research writing process and how to write a proposal, theses and dissertation. It also gives valuable insights into the writing for publications (academic books and journals). All in all, I recommend this book to students in the Master's course 'Academic and Professional Writing' as essential reading.

This is an excellent book on Action Research. Following on from her collaboration with Jack Whitehead in the 'Action Research Living Theory' (published by sage and an essential buy), this takes the methodological concept to the next level. It is considerably more advanced yet is so easy to read and use as a reference/guide book. It covers all aspects of Action Research including the aspects that are often criticised with this form of research, such as applying rigour and quality and adding criticality to the findings. There are really useful excerpts from a vast range of projects to help the reader contextualise better to their own research setting. This book is a must for anyone doing action research for their academic studies. Professor Jean McNiff demonstrates that she is an important voice in the Action Research philosophy.

This book really gets to the nub of the issues surrounding what action research really is and how it should be approached. There is excellent guidance as to how to carry out, write up and publish which is applicable to both students and academic staff. This publication has a wider audience than might first be anticipated and should be essential for any student and early researcher who is about to embark on their journey. This book will be recommended beyond the group of students first identified.