Writing and Doing Action Research
- Jean McNiff - Independent Academic Consultant
Action Research
Written for practitioners involved in higher degree courses and professional development programmes, and students undertaking methods courses, this book includes guidance on how to:
- Carry out an action research project in your setting
- Present your findings in a dissertation, report or thesis
- Write up your research with an eye to informing policy
- Demonstrate the quality of your research and writing
- Be critical and write theoretically
- Write for journals and prepare thesis and book proposals
The book contains excerpts taken from action research projects in a range of settings and presents exercises to help you develop successful written accounts of your research.
Writing and Doing Action Research is an essential text for anyone working with action research, providing vital guidance on the preparation and production of texts, how this type of work is assessed and enabling you to get the best results from your research.
This is a very practical approach to Action Research. It has very useful tips particularly for masters level students.
A must for doctoral students and academics interested in developing their writing skills. I found the book to be very engaging and one that I know I will turn to for advice for students and for myself.
This book covers the required areas in sufficient detail to assist our students in the processes of completing action research. Good layout and topics.
This book is easy to read and to understand - and even motivates the reader. The good structure and simple design contribute to the pleasure it makes to read it. I can recommend this book to, for example, master students who want to report their research.
Another very comprehensive guide to AR. The 'writing' sections are not as useful for MA Education students as the 'doing' sections, but I would recommend as a supplemental text for keen students.
A useful introduction to action research.
This book will help our trainees with the starting point of their action research and guide them through the process.
This appears to be a useful book, especially since it relates to post graduate work. It will be useful for a number of our courses where we ask students to undertake action research.
A quite interesting book with a bunch full of fresh ideas.
I really enjoyed reading through it and got some nice new insights which will help me in improve my own research as well. I'm sure, it will also help my students to better understand how to structure their own writings for my classes.
This is an excellent book on Action Research. Following on from her collaboration with Jack Whitehead in the 'Action Research Living Theory' (published by sage and an essential buy), this takes the methodological concept to the next level. It is considerably more advanced yet is so easy to read and use as a reference/guide book. It covers all aspects of Action Research including the aspects that are often criticised with this form of research, such as applying rigour and quality and adding criticality to the findings. There are really useful excerpts from a vast range of projects to help the reader contextualise better to their own research setting. This book is a must for anyone doing action research for their academic studies. Professor Jean McNiff demonstrates that she is an important voice in the Action Research philosophy.
Sample Materials & Chapters
Ch 1: What Do You Need to Know About Action Research in Order to Write it?
