Action Research Essentials

Item# 9780470189290
$39.49
Action Research Essentials is a practical guide for conducting action research in social sciences and education. The book provides step-by-step guidance supported by extensive theory and research coverage. It offers... Read more

Action Research Essentials is a practical guide for conducting action research in social sciences and education. The book provides step-by-step guidance supported by extensive theory and research coverage. It offers concrete illustrations and online resources, making it an essential component of practice. This book stands out for its outreach to a larger breadth of students than usually found in action research books. It can be used as the sole textbook for a course or to complement a general research course.

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Action Research Essentials is a guide that provides a step-by-step outline of how to do action research in social sciences and education. With numerous illustrations and online resources, the book helps future researcher/practitioners through the process, positioning it as a fundamental component of practice. A unique strength of the book lies in its outreach to a larger breadth of students than usually found in action research books, as it uses examples from education, social work, psychology, sociology, nursing, medicine, and counseling. This book can be used as the sole textbook for a course devoted to naturalistic inquiry, practitioner research, or beginning qualitative methods, or it can complement a general research course.

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Subject: Electives

Brand: Jossey-Bass, Inc

Publisher Date: 03/01/2009

Author: Dorothy Valcarcel Craig

Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.9 x 0.6

UPC: 9780470189290

Pages: 248