Action research

Included Index.

Research on effects of teaching : a continuing model for research on teaching / R.E. Floden --
Ex-centric voices that frame research on teaching / D. Hamilton --
"Family connections" as a factor in the development of research on teaching / G. Morine-Dershimer --
Dewey after Derrida / J. Garrison --
Reflections on teaching / M. Greene --
Teaching as communicative action : Habermas and education / D. Coulter --
The caring teacher / N. Noddings --
(Mis)Understanding Paulo Freire / D. Macedo --
Through the mediation of others : Vygotskian research on teaching / L.C. Moll --
Critical issues, current trends, and possible futures in quantitative methods / J. Crawford --
Paradigm talk reconsidered / R. Donmoyer --
Qualitative educational research : the philosophical issues / K.R. Howe --
Changing conceptions of culture and ethnographic methodology : recent thematic shifts and their implications for research on teaching / M. Eisenhart --
Narrative research on school practice / S. Gudmundsdóttir --
Validity as an incitement to discourse : qualitative research and the crisis of legitimation / P. Lather --
Mixing social inquiry methodologies / Jennifer C. Greene --
Advances in teacher assessments and their uses / A.C. Porter --
Practitioner research / K.M. Zeichner --
Instructional explanation : a commonplace for teaching and location for contrast / G. Leinhardt --
The teaching of second languages : research trends / C.R. Hancock --
Research on writing / M. Sperling --
Research on the teaching of reading / R. Barr --
Research on the teaching of literature : finding a place / P.L. Grossman --
Mathematics / D.L. Ball --
The revolution in research on science teaching / R. White --
School health education / L.M. Summerfield --
Research on teaching in physical education / K.C. Graber --
Classroom research in the visual arts / C. Colbert --
Research on history teaching / S.M. Wilson --
Review of research on social studies / P. Seixas --
Teaching and schooling effects on moral/prosocial development / D. Solomon --
Vocational and occupational education : pedagogical complexity, institutional diversity / F. Achtenhagen --
Consider the difference : teaching and learning in culturally rich schools / M.E. Dilworth --
The learner : "race," "ethnicity," and linguistic difference / C.I. Mercado --
Contemporary research on special education teaching / R. Gersten --
Feminist perspectives on gender in classrooms / S.K. Biklen --
Standard setting in teaching : changes in licensing, certification, and assessment / L. Darling-Hammond --
International experiences of teaching reform / J. Calderhead --
Teachers' work in historical and social context / D.A. Spencer --
Teaching as a moral activity / D.T. Hansen --
The power of collective action : a century of teachers organizing for education / S.M. Johnson --
Teachers' knowledge and how it develops / H. Munby --
Teacher change / V. Richardson --
Classroom cultures and cultures in the classroom / M.A. Gallego --
School-community connections : strengthening opportunity to learn and opportunity to teach / M.J. Honig --
Choreographies of teaching : bridging instruction to learning / F.K. Oser --
The role of classroom assessment in teaching and learning / L.A. Shepard --
Theory and research on teaching as dialogue / N.C. Burbules --
Teaching in higher education / R.J. Menges --
Teaching in middle schools / J.A. Beane --
Teaching in early childhood education : understanding practices through research and theory / C. Genishi.

The central purpose of this book is to enable practitioners to undertake and to offer an account of an action research project. Having examined the nature of action research, Costello focuses on developing an appropriate project, data collection and analysis, and producing a research report.