Doing and Writing Action Research
- Jean McNiff - Independent Academic Consultant
- Jack Whitehead - University of Bath, UK
Doing and Writing Action Research provides a clear, comprehensive, and user-friendly guide to the practical aspects of carrying out action research.
Written with practitioners involved in workplace-based professional development programs, as well as those on research training courses, in mind, this book covers all the core issues, with guidance on how to:
- Present findings
- Produce a research report that can inform policy
- Demonstrate the quality of one's research
- Be critical and write theoretically
The book contains many worked examples of action research projects, to help illustrate the guidance on producing successful written accounts.
Doing and Writing Action Research is an essential text for anyone working with action research, providing vital guidance on how this type of work is assessed, enabling the reader to get the best results from their project work.
'A highly illuminating and insightful resource...written in simple and accessible language without losing sight of the complexity of its subject...This is a must have text for all those supervising or conducting action research at all levels in higher education. I shall be adding it to my reading lists' -
Education in the North
'McNiff and Whitehead address their book to the practitioner, and in line with other commentators see AR as a form of practitioner research. The crux of McNiff and Whitehead's project seems to be to find a way to 'square the circle' of accepting that AR has the nature that it does, which necessarily makes it different from traditional academic research, yet making it seems suitable as a basis for academic awards at universities without compromising its AR nature. [...]The teacher who wants to improve their practice, and to bring their actions more in line with the espoused values, should certainly consider adopting AR'
This book is recommended to supplement other research methods books.
This book does what it says on the tin, it explains in simple but intelligent language about doing and writing Action Research. The book argues that practitioners can and should conduct their own research to 'improve the future by acting on the present'. An excellent book recommended to our year 2 Cert Ed/PGCE students as an essential text.
The book contains lots of practical useful guidance for students required to undertake action research as part of their studies.
Another good book from Jean McNiff
This is an excellent resource as a "how-to" guide. Practical and user-friendly, it is a great field text to guide in-service practitioners in the process of doing action research. It would make an excellent companion text in Action Research courses but would likely require a supplementary resource that speaks to the more theoretical aspects of AR.
This will be a helpful addition to support students' appreciation of the subtle differences/similarities in research and reflective practice
This book will provide a very sound basis for students and staff to carry out their research projects. The authors explain in detail and clearly, the fundamentals of research and lead the reader through the process successfully.
A useful addition to our current recommeded texts for students, especially those who are also practioners, undertaking active research projects in the workplace.