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Thinking about action

the role of research in cultural development

Value and Validity in Action Research

A Guidebook for Reflective Practitioners

As more teachers undertake action research projects, serious questions need to be raised about the value and validity of these projects. How can teachers ensure that their results are valid? Are teachers drawing conclusions supported by data? The purpose of this book is to guide teachers through the process of developing questions, designing their methodology, and collecting data so that they can draw trustworthy conclusions and report them accurately and fairly. This book will: Offer an explanation of action research as well as its history, Help the reader to develop a research problem and explore how this problem can be studied, Show teachers how to do a review of literature that will inform the study, Show how to analyze and interpret data. Features: Written in a language that respects the discipline without being overly academic or formal, Four teachers share their experiences in action research, Exercises allow teachers to apply what they are learning in a step-by-step process

The purpose of this book is to guide teachers through the process of developing questions, designing their methodology, and collecting data so that they can draw trustworthy conclusions and report them accurately and fairly.

Community Action Research

Benefits to Community Members and Service Providers

Discover how to better help those in your community in need of services Community Action Research comprehensively explores models for community action research, incorporating quantitative and qualitative research to highlight the advantages to community members as well as the volunteers/paraprofessionals who implement the services. Respected experts present the latest research on the fulfillment of the needs of community members as well as the benefits to the volunteers and paraprofessionals, including psychological empowerment, psychological sense of community, and other facets of personal development. Community Action Research is helpfully organized into two sections. The first section presents a sample of empirical studies that examines whether community action research demonstrated benefits for community members. The second section provides empirical studies that show the positive impact of community action research on the personal development of volunteers and paraprofessionals who provided the research-related services. This detailed text is carefully referenced and uses several tables to enhance understanding of research data. Community Action Research discusses: the Adolescent Diversion Project as an alternative to juvenile court home-based behavior modification programs for autistic children the People Awakening Project and the role paraprofessionals played in Alaska Native sobriety a crime prevention project launched by a residential neighborhood association the Actual Community Empowerment Reading Program which utilized community members as literacy tutors the Community Service Self-Efficacy Scale's reliability and validity the Hawaiian Studies Program's weekly participation in community service-learning exercises and more! Community Action Research is insightful reading for psychologists, sociologists, social workers, criminal justice researchers and professionals, community counselors, practitioners and researchers in community prevention and intervention, clinical supervisors, service learning specialists, educators, students, and mental health and human services program administrators, planners, or evaluators.

This detailed text is carefully referenced and uses several tables to enhance understanding of research data.

Action Research

An Educational Leader's Guide to School Improvement

This interactive edition of the widely popular resource features separate chapters introducing quantitative and qualitative research approaches and data analyses. A new chapter outlines how to initiate an action research project and another gives you just what you need to complete a project.

This interactive edition of the widely popular resource features separate chapters introducing quantitative and qualitative research approaches and data analyses.

Action Research

In Defense of the Barrio : Interviews with Ernesto Galarza, Guillermo Flores and Rosalio Muñoz

Les religions à l'épreuve du pluralisme dans l'espace euro-méditerranéen

hommage à Jacques Levrat, membre fondateur du Groupe de Recherche Islamo-Chrétien de Rabat

Soevereiniteit en pluralisme

een conceptuele zoektocht naar de constitutionele grondslagen van de Europese rechtsorde

Régulations professionnelles et pluralisme juridique

une analyse économique de la profession d'avocat : rapport pour le GIP Mission de recherche Droit et justice