Action Research in Teaching and Learning: A Practical Guide to Conducting Pedagogical Research in UniversitiesA practical, down-to-earth guide for those who work in teaching and learning in universities, this book will be indispensable reading for those who would like to carry out action research on their own practice. Lin S Norton's concept of 'pedagogical action research' has come from over twenty years' experience of carrying out such research, and more than six years of encouraging colleagues to carry out small scale studies at an institutional, national and international level. This accessible text illustrates what might be done to improve teaching/supporting learning by carrying out action research to address such questions such as:
Action Research for Teaching and Learning offers readers practical advice on how to research their own practice in a higher education context. It has been written specifically to take the reader through each stage of the action research process with the ultimate goal of producing a research study which is publishable. Cognisant of the sector’s view on what is perceived to be ‘mainstream research’, the author has also written a substantial theoretical section which justifies the place of pedagogical action research in relation to reflective practice and the scholarship of teaching and learning. |
Contents
What are the pressures? | 1 |
Chapter 2 Why be a reflective practitioner? | 21 |
Chapter 3 Why engage with the scholarship of teaching and learning? | 36 |
Chapter 4 What is the case for pedagogical action research? | 50 |
Chapter 5 Where do you start a pedagogical action research study? | 69 |
Chapter 6 What are the most suitable research methodologies? | 87 |
Chapter 7 How can you analyse qualitative data in pedagogical action research? | 115 |
Chapter 8 How can you analyse quantitative data in pedagogical action research? | 131 |
Appendix D Exploring ways of measuring conceptions of learning | 230 |
Appendix E An example of a completed participant information sheet | 232 |
Appendix F Consent form template | 235 |
Appendix G Case study of a pedagogical action research study to illustrate some ethical issues | 236 |
Appendix H Ethics submission template | 239 |
Appendix I Example of an unsuccessful abstract that was submitted to a conference as a research paper | 241 |
Appendix J Example of a successful abstract that was submitted to a conference as a research paper | 243 |
Appendix K Example of a letter to the editor of a journal accompanying a rewritten manuscript | 245 |
Chapter 9 How can you develop and adapt pedagogical research tools? | 155 |
Chapter 10 What are the ethical issues involved in pedagogical action research? | 179 |
How can you grow the influence of your findings? | 194 |
Appendix A Some suggested methods of reflecting on practice | 220 |
Appendix B An example of a research protocol taken from the Write Now CETL research programme | 223 |
Appendix C Case study showing how qualitative and quantitive data can be combined | 228 |
Appendix L Example of a response to reviewers comments | 246 |
Appendix M Example of a budget for an internally funded research bid | 248 |
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