Preface |
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About the authors |
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1 Introduction To Education Research And Practitioner Research: What Is It And Why Do It? |
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2 | (3) |
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Models of practitioner research |
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12 | (5) |
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17 | (1) |
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2 The Decision To Research: What Is Involved? |
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Deciding to conduct research: identifying the impetus |
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Responding to the common concerns of educators |
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24 | (4) |
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28 | (5) |
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33 | (1) |
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3 Conducting Practitioner Research: Practical Considerations And Ethics |
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34 | (19) |
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Planning practitioner research: some practical considerations |
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Considerations regarding research questions |
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Balancing demands: the interface of practice and research |
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43 | (2) |
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45 | (4) |
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49 | (3) |
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52 | (1) |
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4 Engagement With Research: Locating, Reading, Critiquing And Reviewing Literature |
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53 | (21) |
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53 | (1) |
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Accessing and locating research literature |
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56 | (3) |
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Being a critical consumer of research |
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59 | (6) |
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65 | (4) |
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69 | (3) |
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72 | (1) |
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5 From Research Questions To Planning The Research Process: Approaches To Study Design |
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74 | (1) |
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75 | (5) |
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Common research approaches |
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Aligning research approaches, goals and questions |
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90 | (1) |
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6 Participant Selection And Data Collection: Designing And Administering |
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92 | (21) |
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Decision-making before collecting data |
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Deciding on data collection methods |
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Commonly used data collection methods |
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111 | (1) |
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7 Organising And Analysing Data |
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113 | (1) |
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Representation of data for dissemination |
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131 | (1) |
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8 Synthesis And Discussion Of Findings |
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The structure of a discussion |
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Synthesising the findings |
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Connecting the findings to other research in the field |
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138 | (2) |
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140 | (5) |
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145 | (1) |
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9 Disseminating Practitioner Research |
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147 | (18) |
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Why disseminate practitioner research? |
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148 | (1) |
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Written forms of dissemination |
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Conference-based dissemination |
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Ethical considerations for dissemination |
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163 | (1) |
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163 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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10 Challenges, Opportunities And Outcomes Of Practitioner Research |
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165 | (14) |
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165 | (1) |
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Challenges related to practitioner research |
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166 | (5) |
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Opportunities from practitioner research |
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Outcomes of practitioner research |
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174 | (3) |
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177 | (1) |
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178 | (1) |
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11 Professionalism And Practitioner Research |
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179 | (15) |
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Professionalism in school contexts |
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180 | (2) |
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Practitioner research to address professional standards |
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182 | (6) |
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Other potential contributions of practitioner research |
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188 | (3) |
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So, you've finished your research! |
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191 | (1) |
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192 | (1) |
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References |
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Index |
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