Collaborative action research
Subtitle: developing professional learning communities
By: edited by Stephen P. Gordon ; foreword by Emily F. Calhoun.
Contributors: Gordon, Stephen P., 1948-
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780807748992; 9780807748985
Subjects: Action research in education; Group work in education
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-195) and index.
Table of contents: title: Developing partnership: the early stages of collaborative action research / Miguel A. Guajardo; title: Becoming a critical friend / Sarah W. Nelson; title: Collaborative action research as a laboratory for graduate education / Charles L. Slater; title: Critical engagement for collaborative action research / John Smyth; title: Characteristics of more and less successful  action research programs / Stephen P. Gordon, Suzanne M. Stiegelbauer, and Julie Diehl; title: Readiness for collaborative action research / Marla W. McGhee and Michael Boone; title: The dimensions of implementation: from plans to action / Suzanne M. Stiegelbauer; title: Action research to improve school culture and climate / Jane Ross; title: In the beginning: action research in a new school / Barbara Davis and Iris Escandón.