Doing practitioner research differently / [edited by] Marion Dadds and Susan Hart ; with Tish Crotty ... [et al.].
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TextPublication details: London : RoutledgeFalmer, 2001.Description: vi, 196 p. ; 25 cmISBN: - 0415237572 (cased)
- 0415237580 (pbk.)
- 9780415237581
- 370.72 DAD
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Doing Practitioner Research Differently encourages those embarking on practitioner research to consider the validity of innovative methods and styles of reporting. The book looks at three methods of enquiry and reporting - visualisation, conversation and fictional writing.
Using practitioners' own accounts and research reports as case studies, this book explores the reasons why some practitioners reject the traditional research methods. It looks at the challenges faced by these practitioners and the conditions in higher education that encourage or inhibit innovative practitioner research. The case studies used illustrate that there are modes of enquiry and reporting that can foster the development of professional thinking and practice.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of figures (p. vii)
- List of tables (p. viii)
- Acknowledgements (p. ix)
- 1 Background and introduction (p. 1)
- Part 1 Visualisation as a method of enquiry and reporting (p. 11)
- 2 Children with special needs, teachers with special needs (p. 13)
- 3 Visualisation in research and data analysis (p. 27)
- Part 2 Conversation as a method of enquiry and reporting (p. 47)
- 4 Towards an understanding of autism: an outsider's attempt to get inside (p. 49)
- 5 Perceptions of purpose for children's writing (p. 68)
- 6 Communicative practices in a classroom for children with severe and profound learning difficulties: a case study of methodologies of reflective practice (p. 81)
- Part 3 Fictional writing as a method of enquiry and reporting (p. 99)
- 7 Imaginary gardens-enigmatic encounters (p. 101)
- 8 Not a perfect offering (p. 121)
- Part 4 Reflecting on innovation and quality in practitioner research (p. 141)
- 9 Innovation and quality in practitioner research (p. 143)
- 10 New thinking for new practices (p. 160)
- 11 Keeping moving (p. 174)
- Appendix Assessment criteria (p. 181)
- Bibliography (p. 183)
- Index (p. 190)