Digging Deeper Into Action Research: A Teacher Inquirer's Field Guide

Description: Take your great idea to the next level with action research 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. Nancy Fichtman Dana is currently Professor of Education in the School of Teaching and Learning at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and has been studying practitioner inquiry for the last twenty years. During this time, she has developed and taught classes on practitioner research for undergraduate, masters, and doctoral students, coached the practitioner research of numerous educators from various districts across the nation, as well as published nine books and over 50 book chapters and articles in professional journals focused on teacher and principal professional development and practitioner inquiry. List of Figures Foreword by Marilyn Cochran-Smith Preface Acknowledgments Introduction to the Inspire to Inquire DVD About the Author How to Use the Inquiry Books 1. Why Do Teacher Research Anyway? Teacher Research Defined How to Define Your Research Why It's Important: The 5 Es 2. Developing and Fine-Tuning Your Wondering Wondering Defined How to Define Your Wondering The Wondering Litmus Test 3. Developing and Fine-Tuning Your Research Plan Research Plan Defined How to Define Your Research Plan The Inquiry Plan Litmus Test 4. Analyzing Your Data Data Analysis Defined How to Avoid Data Analysis Paralysis The Data Analysis Litmus Test 5. Presenting Your Research Presentation Defined How to Define Your Presentation The Presentation Litmus Test 6. On Your Way: Teacher Research as a Way of Being in the World Inquiry Stance Defined How to Define Your Stance Living the Life of an Inquirer References Index

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