Action Research in Teaching and Learning: A Practical Guide to Conducting Pedagogical Research in Universities

by Lin Norton (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2018

  $33.44

  Practical and down-to-earth, the second edition of Action Research in Learning and Teaching is an ideal introduction to the subject, offering a distinctive blend of the theoretical and the practical grounded firmly in the global Higher Education landscape. Written in an accessible style to build confidence, it provides easily adaptable, practical frameworks, guidelines and advice on research practice within a higher education context.

  The reader is guided through each stage of the action research process from engaging with the critical theory to the practical applications with the ultimate goal of providing a research study which is publishable. Supplemented by useful pedagogical research tools and exemplars of both qualitative and quantitative action research studies, this new edition features: chapters engaging with teaching excellence and analysing qualitative and quantitative research, additions to the resources section and a new preface focusing more explicitly on the ever-growing number of part-time academics

  Action Research in Teaching and Learning combines a theoretical understanding of the scholarly literature with practical applications and is essential, critical read for any individual teaching or undertaking action research.