Goal Pursuit in Education Using Focused Action Research [electronic resource] /
Piggot-Irvine, Eileen.author.
Not everyone finds goals easy to select or focus on, despite escalating evidence of their importance in education. This book offers a simple action research approach to goal pursuit, favoring depth, informed decision making, and an improvement orientation. It presents practical, yet academically informed, ideas, and has real case study examples.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-108) and index.
Introduction to how a reluctant goal pursuer became converted -- Why should you engage in goal pursuit? -- A simple, yet detailed, model for goal pursuit -- How the FAR model encourages shift in depth, lift in challenge, and collaboration -- What this looks like in a real case study -- Ten useful activities, tools and templates.
Not everyone finds goals easy to select or focus on, despite escalating evidence of their importance in education. This book offers a simple action research approach to goal pursuit, favoring depth, informed decision making, and an improvement orientation. It presents practical, yet academically informed, ideas, and has real case study examples.
Educational policy.
Education and state.
School management and organization.
School administration.
Educational psychology.
Education-Psychology.
Educational Policy and Politics.
Administration, Organization and Leadership.
Educational Psychology.