Includes bibliographical references and index.

Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: WHAT DO I NEED TO KNOW? Chapter 1: What is action research? Chapter 2: Who can do action research? Chapter 3: The values base of action research Chapter 4: Critical times for action research PART II: WHY DO I NEED TO KNOW? Chapter 5: Why do action research? Chapter 6: The responsibility of practitioner-researchers: contributing to new practices and new learning Chapter 7: The responsibility of practitioner-researchers: contributing to new thinking and ideas Chapter 8: The responsibility of practitioner-researchers: engaging with the literatures PART III: HOW DO I FIND OUT? Chapter 9: Thinking about doing an action research project Chapter 10: Planning to do your action research Chapter 11: Carrying out your action plans Chapter 12: Evaluating the quality of your plans, practices and research PART IV: HOW DO I GENERATE EVIDENCE TO TEST THE VALIDITY OF MY KNOWLEDGE CLAIM? Chapter 13: Monitoring practices and gathering data Chapter 14: Working with data: analysing, authenticatin and interpreting Chapter 15: Generating evidence from the data and making knowledge claims: summary chapter PART V: HOW DO I TEST AND CRITIQUE MY KNOWLEDGE? Chapter 16: Testing the validity of your knowledge claim Chapter 17: Establishing the legitimacy of your knowledge claim PART VI: HOW DO I REPRESENT AND COMMUNICATE MY KNOWLEDGE? Chapter 18: Thinking about writing your dissertation Chapter 19: Writing up your dissertation PART VII: HOW DO I SHOW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MY KNOWLEDGE? Chapter 20: The significance of it all References Index

Written with Jean McNiff's trademark enthusiasm and accessibility, this book - complete with a practical workbook - gives readers all they need to be able to do action research in their own context with confidence.

Text in English.