Self-Study Teacher Research guides pre-service and in-service teachers in conducting and assessing classroom-based self-study research. Teacher education students are guided in developing a more consciously driven mode of professional activity as they pose questions and formulate personal theories to improve professional practice with the validation of colleagues.
Preface PART I: THE 6Ws OF SELF-STUDY RESEARCH 1. Understanding Self-Study: What and Why What is Self-Study Teacher Research? What Self-Study Teacher Research is Not Why Conduct Self-Study Teacher Research? Key Ideas 2. Overview of the Self-Study Process: What and How Self-Study Research Project Planner Self-Study Research Project Timeline Self-Study Teacher Research Exemplar Brief 3. The Self-Study Community: When and Where and Who Culture of the Self-Study Community Paradigm Shift Influence, Confluence, and Divergence Important Events in Outgrowth of Self-Study School Critique and Sustainability Key Ideas 4. The Self-Study Research Methodology: Why and How Characteristics of Self-Study Research Five Foci Framework: Methodological Components of Self-Study Research Key Ideas 5. Self-Study Methods: How Choosing a Self-Study Method Challenges in Choosing a Method Key Ideas PART II: YOUR SELF-STUDY PROJECT 6. Design Design Matters Seven Key Design Components Key Ideas 7. Protect Questioning the Ethics of Your Study School Division Review The Role of Professional Organizations Standards of Research Ethics Institutional Review Boards Key Ideas 8. Organize Data Alignment of Data with Question Document Categorize Overlapping Research Phases Key Ideas 9. Collect Data Data Gathering Techniques Alternative Data Gathering Techniques Quantifiable Data Key Ideas 10. Analyze Data Research as a Recursive Act Coding Coding Families Categories and Connections Grounded Theory and the Constant Comparative Method Concept Maps Computer Software Tools Key Ideas 11. Assess Research Quality Multiple Sources of Data Transparency, validation, exemplars, and trustworthiness Reliability Generalizability Key Ideas 12. Write Some Friendly Writing Advice Writing Your Research Report Writing Your Abstract Welcoming Peer Critique Key Ideas 13. Present and Publish The Importance of Presenting Your Research Challenge the Status Quo of Presentations Pointers for Presenting Writing Your Self-Study Proposal Advice for Presenting The Proposal Review Process Advice for Getting Published Key Ideas Closing Remarks Appendix A: Sample of a Self-Study Teacher Research Exemplar Brief Appendix B: Self-Study is Not Just for Classroom Teachers Glossary References Index About the Author
"It's a very practical, helpful book for those learning to do self-study research." -- Karl Wheatley "The author of this book has done a stunning job of pulling together a mass of material, peppering it with sage advice, and presenting it in a comprehensible and engaging way that is sure to attract the attention of would-be researchers in the self-study and teacher research veins." -- Cheryl Craig "Among the pedagogical volumes I have perused, Self-Study Teacher Research is the sanest. Within religion, I commend it mainly to fledgling instructors or mid-career professors seeking a fresh start." -- Suzanne Morrison * Teaching Theology & Religion *
