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Summary:

Action research is a process of strategic change, but there are many different understandings of what action research is and how to do it. "Doing Action Research in Early Childhood Studies": a step-by-step guide is a resource and inspiration for people in.

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: Introduction. action research cycle
• Phase 1 Choosing to Change
• Step 1 Choose a social practice to change or improve
• Step 2 Ask a question about your chosen social practice
• Phase 2 Planning for a Change
• Step 3 Learn more about the action research family
• Step 4 Learn more about your topic from the literature
• Step 5 Learn more about your ethical responsibilities
• Step 6 Learn about reflection, critical reflection and practice
• Step 7 Map the practicalities of researching in your context
• Step 8 Plan to make your research rigorous and valid
• Phase 3 Creating Change
• Step 9 Form an action research group
• Step 10 Gather 'baseline' data
• Step 11 Create a change and collect data about its effects
• Step 12 Analyse your data
• Step 13 Deepen and broaden your data and understandings
• Step 14 Choose a further social practice to change or improve, perhaps guided by a new research question
• Phase 4 Sharing the Lessons of Your Change
• Step 15 Draw conclusions from your analysis

• Step 16 Share the lessons of your project.

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Author/Creator:

MacNaughton, Glenda

Contributors:

Hughes, Patrick

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Doing action research in early childhood studies: a step by step guide [by MacNaughton, G.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Doing action research in early childhood studies [by MacNaughton, G.] (Berkshire ; New York : Open University Press, 2009 — ISBN 0335228615; ISBN 9780335228614; OCLC Number 243820715)

Subjects:

Early childhood education — Research — Methodology

Children — Research — Methodology

Children — Research — Case studies

Action research

Early childhood education

Children

Children — Research

Genres:

Case studies

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 250 pages) : illustrations

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

LB1139.225 .M33 2009eb

ISBNs:

9780335236848 (electronic bk.)
0335236847 (electronic bk.)
1281953156
9781281953155
0335228615 [Invalid]
9780335228614 [Invalid]
0335228623 [Invalid]
9780335228621 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

313836284