CONTENTS
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PAGE INTRODUCTION - ENHANCING PROFESSIONALISM 1 1. FIRST CYCLE - ACTION
LEARNING, GETTING STARTED
5 1.1 An educational question - How do I improve my practice?
5 1.2 An action planner.
6 1.3 Conversations about educational values. Andy Larter.
7 1.4 Experiencing yourself as a living contradiction.
11 1.5 Gathering Data.
11 1.6 Producing your first report.
How can I improve the
13 performance of lower attaining pupils in Humanities through the use of differentiated learning materials? Mary Johnson. 2. SECOND CYCLE - ACTION ENQUIRY, IMPROVING 23
YOUR ACCOUNT OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL 2.1 Improving your account. How can I develop the pupils'
24 understanding of the process of writing poetry and encourage them to regard it as a 'legitimate' form of writing? Daniela De Cet. 2.2 Historical introduction to Action Research.
42 2.3 Getting enquiries going
on whole school development i) at Greendown School. Andy Larter.
55 ii) at Wootton Bassett School. Kevin Eames.
59 3. THIRD
CYCLE - ACTION-RESEARCH,
67 3.1 Improving learning in schools - relevance of
data.
68 3.2 Improving the rigour of your research. Peggy Kok.
76 3.3
Improving the validity of your account. Martin Forrest
83 4. FOURTH CYCLE
- CREATING EDUCATIONAL THEORY
87 4.1 The primacy of questions.
90 4.2
Creating a living educational
theory
91 4.3 Changing views on the nature of educational theory
103 for
professional practice. 4.4 A unit of appraisal and standards of judgement for
109
testing your claim to professional educational knowledge 4.5 Can we create a living
educational theory for a good social order? 114 5.
FIFTH CYCLE - CAN OUR
COMMUNITY OF EDUCATIONAL 126 ACTION
RESEARCHERS CONTRIBUTE TO CULTURAL RENEWAL? 5.1. A Research Proposal 127 5.2. This is a good quality educational enquiry. 139 Is this a good quality
educational enquiry? APPENDIX - NOTES FROM ILYENKOV'S DIALECTICAL LOGIC.; 159 |