Enhancing Practice through Classroom Research

Name: Enhancing Practice through Classroom Research
Brand: Taylor & Francis
SKU: 9781138394568
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A Teacher's Guide to Professional Development

By Bernie Sullivan and Máirín Glenn and Mary Roche and Caitriona McDonagh

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Enhancing Practice through Classroom Research offers an accessible, step-by-step guide for teachers to understand and improve their teaching and learning through reflection, research, and action. This second edition includes updated references, the latest case studies, advice on data protection, and a new chapter linking action research with well-being. Divided into five parts, it covers identifying professional concerns, exploring educational values, critically examining practice, and selecting research methodologies. Drawing on extensive experience with educators at various levels, the book supports both student and practising teachers seeking effective professional development or further study.
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Ideal for student teachers, practising educators, and those pursuing professional development or advanced studies, this guide suits anyone interested in action research and reflective teaching practice within primary, secondary, or higher education contexts.

Offering updated references, questions for reflection, the latest case studies, and current advice relating to data protection and storage, this second edition provides an accessible introduction to understanding and improving teaching and learning through a process of reflection, research and action.

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Offering updated references, questions for reflection, the latest case studies, and current advice relating to data protection and storage, this second edition of Enhancing Practice through Classroom Research provides an accessible introduction to understanding and improving teaching and learning through a process of reflection, research, and action. Divided into five parts, this self-study action research approach emphasises the positive aspects of enhancing practice and reflects how this can lead to higher levels of teacher autonomy and agency.

With the addition of a chapter dedicated to the links between action research and well-being, this book provides a step-by-step guide to beginning your own research and covers topics such as:

Identifying an area of professional concern or interest
Exploration of educational values
Developing a better understanding of practice
Thinking critically about educational practices
Finding a research methodology

Drawing on the authors’ new experiences of working with second level, third level, and postgraduate educators, as well as their work designing postgraduate programmes in the field of critical reflection and self-study action research, this friendly guide provides a straightforward approach to classroom research. It is the perfect resource for all student and practising teachers looking for support in classroom research, as well as those wanting to pursue effective professional development or further studies in an area of interest.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

This revised edition is warmly recommended by Dr Pip Bruce Ferguson, who praises it as well-written, well referenced, and accessible, providing clear guidelines and inspirational examples from the authors' own practice. Mary Brydon-Miller commends it as a thoughtful and supportive guide for teachers embarking on action research, emphasising its power to deepen practice and encourage personal and professional growth and well-being.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781138394568

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 13 August 2019

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Routledge

Edition: 2nd edition

Illustration: 1 Tables, black and white; 1 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 490g

Pages: 232

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Bernie Sullivan Caitriona McDonagh Education & Reference Mary Roche Máirín Glenn Non-Fiction

About the Author

Caitriona McDonagh is an education consultant in postgraduate teacher education and action research. She previously researched her practice as a teacher of students with special education needs.

Mary Roche lectured in teacher education. An education consultant, passionate about literacy, dialogical pedagogy, and action research, she is the author of Developing Children’s Critical Thinking through Picturebooks (Routledge 2015).

Bernie Sullivan is a retired primary school principal and committed practitioner researcher. She is an educational consultant and supervises postgraduate action research projects. She is a reviewer for EJOLTS, and co-convener of NEARI.

Máirín Glenn has extensive experience as a teacher and now works as a consultant for classroom research. Her work as co-convener of NEARI reflects her passion for values-based research.