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Participatory action research for educational leadership : using data-driven decision making to improve schools / created by E. Alana James, Margaret T. Milenkiewicz and Alan Bucknam.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSage Publications, 2008Description: xi, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781412937771 (pbk.)
  • 1412937779 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB1028.24 JAM
Contents:
The participatory action research model The tenets of PAR : ethics, purpose, and logic Starting to research Qualitative data collection Qualitative analysis Quantitative evidence Taking and measuring action Cycles of PAR : the power of the iterative process Final analysis and results The final report PAR for educational leadership
Summary: Follow the author on Twitter! Alana James has a new twitter feed titled AR4Everything, which covers action research and reports on interesting facts. "Finally we have a data-driven text on participatory action research for educational leaders. Through thoughtful examples and guided instruction, this text makes the case that the complex issues of today and tomorrow require multifaceted, rigorous, and results-oriented processes best undertaken through partnerships between educators and the communities they serve."--Darlyne Bailey, Dean and Assistant to the President, University of Minnesota
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Book Book Main Library Open Shelf LB1028.24 JAM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 158805 Available BK146867

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The participatory action research model
The tenets of PAR : ethics, purpose, and logic
Starting to research
Qualitative data collection
Qualitative analysis
Quantitative evidence
Taking and measuring action
Cycles of PAR : the power of the iterative process
Final analysis and results
The final report
PAR for educational leadership

Follow the author on Twitter! Alana James has a new twitter feed titled AR4Everything, which covers action research and reports on interesting facts. "Finally we have a data-driven text on participatory action research for educational leaders. Through thoughtful examples and guided instruction, this text makes the case that the complex issues of today and tomorrow require multifaceted, rigorous, and results-oriented processes best undertaken through partnerships between educators and the communities they serve."--Darlyne Bailey, Dean and Assistant to the President, University of Minnesota

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