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You and your action research project. by Jean McNiff.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY Routledge 2016Edition: Fourth edition / Jean McNiffDescription: 298 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781138910041 (hbk.) :
  • 1317437055
  • 9781138910041
  • 113891004X
  • 9781138910058
  • 1138910058
  • 9781317437055
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 370.72 MCN 23
LOC classification:
  • LB1O28.24 .M46 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Thinking about doing a project: Action research: what is it and what it is not ; Who can action research? why should you do it? ; Current issues in action research: what do you need to know that might affect your project? -- Getting ready to do a project: Working with others in organisational and institutional settings ; Ethics and influence ; Engaging with the literatures: reading to support your project -- Planning a project and managing it: Getting ready: designing and planning your action research project ; Managing your project: checklists for action -- Doing your project: Monitoring the action, looking for data, and documenting the processes involved ; Collecting and managing the data ; Analysing and interpreting the data and generating evidence -- Evaluating your project: Testing the validity of knowledge claims ; Legitimation processes: presenting your reports and legitimating them -- Writing up and disseminating your knowledge and findings: Writing your academic report ; Disseminating your work and getting published.
Summary: This title is packed full of useful advice to take the reader through the various stages of an action research project. Written for practitioners across professions who are studying on work-based learning programmes and award-bearing courses, it contains practical strategies for improving project work.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 370.72 MCN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 220041

Previous edition: 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thinking about doing a project: Action research: what is it and what it is not ; Who can action research? why should you do it? ; Current issues in action research: what do you need to know that might affect your project? -- Getting ready to do a project: Working with others in organisational and institutional settings ; Ethics and influence ; Engaging with the literatures: reading to support your project -- Planning a project and managing it: Getting ready: designing and planning your action research project ; Managing your project: checklists for action -- Doing your project: Monitoring the action, looking for data, and documenting the processes involved ; Collecting and managing the data ; Analysing and interpreting the data and generating evidence -- Evaluating your project: Testing the validity of knowledge claims ; Legitimation processes: presenting your reports and legitimating them -- Writing up and disseminating your knowledge and findings: Writing your academic report ; Disseminating your work and getting published.

This title is packed full of useful advice to take the reader through the various stages of an action research project. Written for practitioners across professions who are studying on work-based learning programmes and award-bearing courses, it contains practical strategies for improving project work.

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