Collaborative Action Research - Developing Professional Learning Communities (Hardcover)

Those new to action research are provided an overview and map to guide participants through the process. Gordon evaluates the work of the School Improvement Network, a partnership in which university professors and graduate students collaborated with K - 12 school leaders and teachers to design, implement, and assess schoolwide action research projects focused on long-term school improvement.Describing the role of both the university and the school, ""Collaborative Action Research"": explores critical aspects of collaborative action, including establishing relationships, using critical friends, developing leadership teams, readiness, organization, and implementation; provides lessons learned from successful and unsuccessful programs, to show schools what to do and what to avoid; and, examines schools in Texas that have used action research to improve student achievement within a standards-based environment.

General

Imprint:	Teachers College Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 2008
First published:	August 2008
Editors:	Stephen P. Gordon
Dimensions:	229 x 162 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	224
ISBN-13:	978-0-8077-4899-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Universities / polytechnics
LSN:	0-8077-4899-4
Barcode:	9780807748992

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