Action Research & Teacher Research Books

New and Published Books

1. Pathways to Academic Success in Higher Education

   Expanding Opportunity for Underrepresented Students

   By Edward P. St. John, Glenda Droogsma Musoba

   Pathways to Academic Success in Higher Education examines two major challenges facing the nation. The first is preparing high school students for college, a reform that has been tackled largely through state policy initiatives. The second is creating new pathways to academic success for...

   Published April 19th 2012 by Routledge
2. Curriculum, Pedagogy and Educational Research

   The Work of Lawrence Stenhouse

   Edited by John Elliott, Nigel Norris

   Lawrence Stenhouse was one of the most distinguished, original and influential educationalists of his generation. His theories about curriculum, curriculum development, pedagogy, teacher research, and research as a basis for teaching remain compelling and fresh and continue to be a...

   Published December 6th 2011 by Routledge
3. Improving Teacher Education through Action Research

   Edited by Ming-Fai Hui, David L. Grossman

   Series: Routledge Research in Education

   There has been a dearth of studies on teacher educators using action research to improve their own practice. This book is the first systematic study of a group of teachers examining and enhancing their own practice through the inquiry process of action research. This book presents a broad overview...

   Published November 13th 2011 by Routledge
4. Enhancing Practice through Classroom Research

   A teacher's guide to professional development

   By Caitriona McDonagh, Mary Roche, Bernie Sullivan, Mairin Glenn

   Enhancing Practice through Classroom Research is an accessible introduction to understanding and improving teaching and learning through a process of reflection, research and action. Written by teachers for teachers, it offers a straightforward guide to classroom research and considers issues...

   Published November 2nd 2011 by Routledge
5. Early Childhood Teacher Research

   From Questions to Results

   By Kathryn Castle

   What is early childhood teacher research and why is it important? How does a teacher researcher formulate a research question and a plan for doing research? How do teachers apply research results to effect change? Early Childhood Teacher Research is an exciting new resource that will address the...

   Published August 15th 2011 by Routledge
6. Literacy for All Students

   An Instructional Framework for Closing the Gap

   Edited by Rebecca Powell, Elizabeth Rightmyer

   The Culturally Responsive Instruction Observation Protocol (CRIOP) is a framework for implementing culturally relevant literacy instruction and classroom observation. Drawing on research and theory reflecting a range of perspectives - multicultural instruction, literacy theory, equity pedagogy,...

   Published June 19th 2011 by Routledge
7. Developing Inquiry for Learning

   Reflecting Collaborative Ways to Learn How to Learn in Higher Education

   By Peter Ovens, Frances Wells, Patricia Wallis, Cyndy Hawkins

   Developing Inquiry for Learning shows how university tutors can help students to improve their abilities to learn and to become professional inquirers. An increasing proportion of students entering higher education seem to assume that learning is a relatively passive process. This may be the...

   Published June 15th 2011 by Routledge
8. Becoming a Teacher Researcher in Literacy Teaching and Learning

   Strategies and Tools for the Inquiry Process

   Edited by Christine Pappas, Eli Tucker-Raymond

   Designed to facilitate teachers’ efforts to meet the actual challenges and dilemmas they face in their classrooms, Becoming a Teacher Researcher in Literacy Teaching and Learning: provides background information and key concepts in teacher research covers the "how-to" strategies of the teacher...

   Published January 17th 2011 by Routledge
9. The Reflexive Teacher Educator in TESOL

   Roots and Wings

   By Julian Edge

   In this book Julian Edge explores the construct of reflexivity in teacher education, differentiating it from, while locating it in, reflective practice. Reflexivity is the key concept underpinning a view of teacher education that binds together the orientations of action research and personal...

   Published December 19th 2010 by Routledge
10. Responding to Diversity in Schools

    An Inquiry-Based Approach

    Edited by Susie Miles, Mel Ainscow

    Responding to Diversity in Schools provides guidance for education practitioners on how to use an inquiry-based approach in responding to learner diversity. It supports readers in addressing an agenda for change, considering questions such as: Who are the learners who are missing out? What...

    Published September 19th 2010 by Routledge