Collaborative Action Research: Developing Professional Learning Communities - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0807748994 ISBN 13: 9780807748992

Publisher: Teachers College Press, 2008

Synopsis

Those new to action research are provided an overview and map to guide participants through the process. Gordon evaluates the work of the School Improvement Network, a partnership in which university professors and graduate students collaborated with K - 12 school leaders and teachers to design, implement, and assess schoolwide action research projects focused on long-term school improvement.Describing the role of both the university and the school, ""Collaborative Action Research"": explores critical aspects of collaborative action, including establishing relationships, using critical friends, developing leadership teams, readiness, organization, and implementation; provides lessons learned from successful and unsuccessful programs, to show schools what to do and what to avoid; and, examines schools in Texas that have used action research to improve student achievement within a standards-based environment.

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About the Author

Stephen P. Gordon is Professor of Education and Community Leadership at Texas State University - San Marcos.

Edition details

• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807748994
• ISBN 13: 9780807748992
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224
• Editor: Gordon Stephen P.