A textbook which explains both how teachers can develop lessons with a consideration of educational theory and research, as well as how collecting systematic data from their own classrooms can be used to develop effective teaching strategies. These processes are termed, respectively, "reflective tea.
A handbook of research techniques for teachers, this book documents the historical development and changing nature of action research in the curriculum and aims to encourage teacher development through curriculum inquiry.
Exploring the tension between the use of evidence-based practice, based upon the 'solidity' of research, and reflection with its subjectivity and personal perception, this book argues that reflection is research.
Lindsey, D., Lindsey, B., Hord, S. and von Frank, V. (2015) Reach the Highest Standard in Professional Learning: Outcomes, Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. Lingard, B. and Renshaw, P. (2009) 'Teaching as a Research-informed and ...
The authors show how being able to conduct and understand research is vital for the professional development of teachers.
The teacher as reflective practitioner The idea that teachers should be 'reflective practitioners' or should engage in 'reflective practice' has gained popularity due, in large part, to the work of Donald Schön. His books on The ...
Practical and down-to-earth, the second edition of Action Research in Teaching and Learning is an ideal introduction to the subject, offering a distinctive blend of the theoretical and the practical, grounded firmly in the global higher ...
This book gives you all you need to know about action research, why you need to know it and how it can help you become a self-reflective practitioner-researcher.
The central purpose of this book is to enable practitioners to undertake and to offer an account of an action research project. The volume is divided into seven sections, the first six of which are headed by commonly asked questions.
Teacher as reflective practitioner and action researcher. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning. Piggot-Irvine, E. (2006). Sustaining excellence in experienced principals? Critique of a professional learning community approach.
THE TEACHER AS A REFLECTIVE PRACTITIONER There has been a return to the call for ' reflective teaching ' ( Zeichner and Liston , 1987 ; Bonser and Grundy , 1988 ; Brennan and Noffke , 1988 ; Noffke and Brennan , 1988 ) .