TY - BOOK AU - McNiff,Jean AU - Whitehead,Jack TI - Doing and writing action research SN - 9781847871749 U1 - 001.4 PY - 2009/// CY - London PB - Sage KW - Action research KW - English language KW - Report writing N1 - Included Index; PART ONE: WHAT IS WRITTEN IN AN ACTION RESEARCH REPORT?What is Special about Action Research Reports?What Goes into an Action Research Report?What Does an Action Research Report Look Like?Producing a Good Quality Text: The Writing ProcessPART TWO: HOW IS AN ACTION RESEARCH REPORT WRITTEN? Writing an Action Research ProposalWriting Reports for Initial AccreditationWriting a Masters DissertationWriting a Doctoral ThesisPART THREE: WHY SHOULD YOUR REPORT BE WRITTEN?The Significance of Your Research ReportSome Implications of Your Research and Your Research Report N2 - "An essential text for anyone working with action research, providing vital guidance on how this type of work is assessed and enabling the reader to get the best results from their project work."--Back cover. Doing and Writing Action Research provides a clear, comprehensive, and user-friendly guide to the practical aspects of carrying out action research. Written with practitioners involved in workplace-based professional development programs, as well as those on research training courses, in mind, this book covers all the core issues, with guidance on how to present findings, produce a research report that can inform policy, demonstrate the quality of one2s research, and be critical and write theoretically. The book contains many worked examples of action research projects, to help illustrate the guidance on producing successful written accounts ER -