Doing action research in early childhood studies : a step by step guide /
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Maidenhead New York:
Mc Graw Hill: Open University Press,
2009
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Table of Contents:
- Phase One: Choosing to change, 1 Choose a social practice to change or improve, 2 Ask a question about your chosen social practice, Phase Two: Planning for a change, 3 Learn more about the action research family, 4 Learn more about your topic from the literature, 5 Learn more about your ethical responsibilities, 6 Learn about reflection, critical reflection and practice, 7 Map the practicalities of researching in your context, 8 Plan to make your research rigorous and valid, Phase Three: Creating change, 9 Form an action research group, 10 Gather "baseline" data, 11 Create a change and collect data about its effects, 12 Analyse your data, 13 Deepen and broaden your data and understandings, 14 Choose a further social practice to change or improve, perhaps guided by a new research question, Phase Four: Sharing the lessons of your change, 15 Draw conclusions from your analysis,16 Share the lessons of your project.