Action Research ─ A Guide for the Teacher Researcher

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A leading text in the field of action research, this book provides practical, balanced coverage of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research designs applied to action research. In an accessible style that makes reading a pleasure, the user-friendly format features Chapter Objectives, Key Concepts boxes, Research in Action checklists, margin note integration to the MyEducationLab for Action research website, expanded chapter summaries, and questions for further thought. Born from the author’s experience working with teachers and principals, the guide includes numerous practical illustrations of the action research process to help teacher researchers apply the process in their own school or classroom settings. The new edition of Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher features narrative sections in the Voices from the Classroom features that respond to the video vignettes and scaffold the content of each chapter; a new Chapter 10, “Evaluating Action Research,” focusing on analyzing and evaluating action research studies; expanded coverage in several areas of critical importance to the field, among them mixed-methods data collection and analysis techniques, single-subject research designs, digital research tools for the 21st Century, and reviewing the literature using technology as well as library sources. The Enhanced Pearson eText features embedded video.

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0134522729 / 9780134522722  Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher, with Enhanced Pearson eText -- Access Card Package, Sixth Edition

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• 0134523032 / 9780134523033  Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher, Loose-Leaf Version, 6th Edition

Geoffrey E. Mills. A native of Australia, Geoff moved to the USA in 1986 to undertake doctoral studies at the University of Oregon. After completing his PhD in 1988, Geoff accepted his first teaching position at Southern Oregon State College (now Southern Oregon University). After 12 years of teaching, Geoff moved in to university administration and as Dean of the School of Education at Southern Oregon University for 12 years. Geoff is currently a Professor of Education in the School of Education at Southern Oregon University where he teaches in the Educational Leadership Licensure Programs.

Geoff has traveled extensively and given invited action research presentations in Australia, New Zealand, Greenland, United Kingdom, Canada, Guam, Saipan, Palau, American Samoa, US Virgin Islands, the Marshall Islands, and many states in the US. In addition to Action Research: A Guide for the Teacher Researcher, Geoff is also the only active author of Educational Research: Competencies for Analysis and Applications (2016) now in its 11th Edition.?