ABSTRACT
Introduction to Critical Reflection and Action for Teacher Researchers provides crucial direction for educators looking to improve their teaching and maximise learning. While many students can grasp the basic elements of researching their practice and can write about practitioner research, some need guidance and assistance to reflect meaningfully on their teaching practice so as to articulate their educational values. This book provides this guidance.
By exploring how to engage in an authentic, practical and personalised framework, the book encourages critical reflection and action on educational practice. Moving through the process of reflecting on practice, engaging in critical thinking and planning and taking action, it helps the reader to subsequently generate educational theory from their own personal learning. Examples from the authors’ experiences illustrate the issues raised in each section, with ‘Pause and Reflect’ activities, guidelines for conducting a research project and annotated further reading available for every chapter.
Introduction to Critical Reflection and Action for Teacher Researchers is based on the idea that reflection is in itself a deliberate action and something we must live - it is key to understanding our practice and is a core component of action research. This book is a valuable guide for teachers, trainee teachers and researchers interested in reflecting on and enhancing their teaching practice.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |5 pages
Introduction
part |32 pages
Where to begin?
chapter |16 pages
Pausing and reflecting
chapter |15 pages
What is action research?
part |33 pages
Putting your research in context
chapter |17 pages
Thinking critically
chapter |15 pages
Experiencing oneself as a living contradiction
part |38 pages
How do I evaluate changes I make?
chapter |19 pages
Generating data
chapter |18 pages
Ethics, rigour and validity
part |37 pages
The significance of your research