Teachers Investigate Their Work: An introduction to action research across the professions - Softcover

Herbert Altrichter; Allan Feldman; Peter Posch; Bridget Somekh

9780415377942: Teachers Investigate Their Work: An introduction to action research across the professions

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415377943 ISBN 13: 9780415377942

Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Teachers Investigate Their Work introduces the methods and concepts of action research through examples drawn from studies carried out by teachers. The book is arranged as a handbook with numerous sub-headings for easy reference and fourty-one practical methods and strategies to put into action, some of them flagged as suitable `starters'. Throughout the book, the authors draw on their international practical experience of action research, working in close collaboration with teachers.

It is an essential guide for teachers, senior staff and co-ordinators of teacher professional development who are interested in investigating their own practice in order to improve it.

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Synopsis:

Action research is one of the most popular methods of professional development for teachers. It provides a practical way for teachers to uncover some of the complexities of the teaching process and thereby improve the quality of their pupils' learning. "Teachers Investigate Their Work" introduces the methods and concepts of action research through examples drawn from studies carried out by teachers. The book is arranged as a handbook with numerous sub-headings for easy reference and fourty-one practical methods and strategies to put into action, some of them flagged as suitable 'starters'. Throughout the book, the authors draw on their international practical experience of action research, working in close collaboration with teachers. It is an essential guide for teachers, senior staff and co-ordinators of teacher professional development who are interested in investigating their own practice in order to improve it.

About the Author:

Bridget Somekh, BA, PGCE, Adv Dip Ed, MA, PhD, retired from her post as Professor of Educational Research in the Education and Social Research Institute at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2008. Since then she has been busy with overseas consultancy work in New Zealand, Malaysia and Hong Kong. You can visit her website at: www.bridgetsomekh.com

Herbert Altrichter, University of Linz, Austria.

Peter Posch, Universitat Klagenfurt, Austria.

Allan Feldman, University of Massachusetts, US.

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