Practitioner Research in Education : Making a Difference.
Title:
Practitioner Research in Education : Making a Difference.
Author:
Middlewood, David.
ISBN:
9781446265444
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (193 pages)
Series:
Centre for Educational Leadership and Management ; v.4
Centre for Educational Leadership and Management
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1 - The Significance of Site-Based Practitioner Research in Educational Management -- Section A - Developing Aspects of Management -- Chapter 2 - Developing the Management of People -- Chapter 3 - Re-Appraising Roles through Research -- Chapter 4 - Influencing the Management of the Curriculum -- Chapter 5 - Transforming Structures and Culture -- Section B - Affecting the School as an Institution -- Chapter 6 - Some Effects of Multiple Research Projects on the Host School Staff and their Relationships -- Chapter 7 - Influencing School Culture -- Chapter 8 - Engendering Change -- Section C - School Improvement - A Research-Rich Zone -- Chapter 9 - What Makes for Effective Research in a School or College? -- Chapter 10 - Conclusions -- References -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
Abstract:
`This is a very simple but notable piece of work....they have done a service to education in providing evidence (and there is remarkably little elsewhere) that continuous professional development does pay off in terms of a better education for pupils in schools' - School Leadership and Management Much debate currently concerns the value of education research : how is it perceived by practitioners and students ? How useful and relevant is it ? Who best carries it out ? Can it be free from political influence ? While practitioner research is widely advocated, little is known about its effect on individuals, teams and the institution. In Practitioner Research in Education, the au.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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