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Self-Study Teacher Research
Improving Your Practice Through Collaborative Inquiry
- Anastasia P. Samaras - George Mason University, USA
August 2010 | 344 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
Self-Study Teacher Research guides pre-service and in-service teachers in conducting and assessing classroom-based self-study research. Teacher education students are guided in developing a more consciously driven mode of professional activity as they pose questions and formulate personal theories to improve professional practice with the validation of colleagues.
Preface
PART I: THE 6Ws OF SELF-STUDY RESEARCH
1. Understanding Self-Study: What and Why
2. Overview of the Self-Study Process: What and How
3. The Self-Study Community: When and Where and Who
4. The Self-Study Research Methodology: Why and How
5. Self-Study Methods: How
PART II: YOUR SELF-STUDY PROJECT
6. Design
7. Protect
8. Organize Data
9. Collect Data
10. Analyze Data
11. Assess Research Quality
12. Write
13. Present and Publish
Closing Remarks
Appendix A: Sample of a Self-Study Teacher Research Exemplar Brief
Appendix B: Self-Study is Not Just for Classroom Teachers
Glossary
References
Index
About the Author
"It’s a very practical, helpful book for those learning to do self-study research."
Cleveland State University
"The author of this book has done a stunning job of pulling together a mass of material, peppering it with sage advice, and presenting it in a comprehensible and engaging way that is sure to attract the attention of would-be researchers in the self-study and teacher research veins."
University of Houston
"Among the pedagogical volumes I have perused, Self-Study Teacher Research is the sanest. Within religion, I commend it mainly to fledgling instructors or mid-career professors seeking a fresh start."
Ohio Northern University
Teaching Theology & Religion
Useful for New Adjunct professor training
Management Dept, Colorado Technology University - Denver
October 25, 2010
