| Action Research: Living Theory Contributor(s): Whitehead, A. Jack (Author), McNiff, Jean (Author) |
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ISBN: 1412908558 ISBN-13: 9781412908559 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $68.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2006 Annotation: In Action Research: Living Theory, authors Jean McNiff and Jack Whitehead set out their vision of what action research should be and can be??in the 21st Century. This brilliantly-written, passionate, and compelling book, defines the philosophy behind action research and the process of doing action research for all those interested in this fast growing area. It establishes the foundations of action research as a discipline, and roots action research as a compassionate, ethical, and politically-engaged form of inquiry.This book will be essential reading for all those with an interest in Action Research. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Research |
| Dewey: 301.072 |
| LCCN: 2005932717 |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 6.74" W x 9.46" (0.75 lbs) 192 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Action Research: Living Theory is a brilliantly-written, passionate, and compelling book that defines the philosophy behind action research and the process of doing action research for all those interested in this fast growing area. It establishes the foundations of action research as a discipline, and roots action research as a compassionate, ethical, and politically-engaged form of inquiry. |
Contributor Bio(s): McNiff, Jean: - Jean McNiff is Professor of Educational Research at York St John University, UK. She is also a Visiting Professor at UiT the Arctic University of Norway, and at the Beijing Normal University and Ningxia Teachers' University, People's Republic of China. Jean took early retirement from her position as deputy head teacher of a large secondary school in Dorset, UK. She went into business for herself, and developed her writing. Her textbooks on action research and professional education are now used internationally on workplace-based professional education courses and on higher degree courses. Jean provides interdisciplinary consultancy work to institutions around the world where she gives lectures and conducts workshops on planning, doing and writing action research. Jean aims to contribute to personal and social betterment through educational research. She encourages everyone to make their stories public in the form of their personal and collaborative theories of practice; and she firmly believes that each individual is able to contribute to social and planetary wellbeing by explaining how they hold themselves accountable for what they do. In this way she links education with moral accountability. She tries to bring the university to everyday contexts, and everyday contexts into the university, for it is only by involving everyone, she feels, that the world will become a better place for us all. Visit Jean at www.jeanmcniff.com, or contact her at jeanmcniff@mac.com |