Resources

Topic 1: Introduction to Action Research (6 hours)
Background and Concept of Teacher as Researcher	*Preparing to sail: Getting equipped for the voyage* Action Research Concepts Action Research For the ITE Advantage Standards for the Teaching Profession Additional Resources Action Research origins and development http://www.infed.org/research/b-actres.htm Reflective Teaching - The Principles and Practices http://exchanges.state.gov/forum/vols/vol36/n04/p10.htm#author_237 Outdoor Educational Research http://www.reviewing.co.uk/research/links.htm PE Central http://www.pecentral.org/ Action Resources available at the ITE Resource Centre Action research for educators / Daniel R. Tomal. Action research for educational change / John Elliott Action research in action / edited by Gregory Hadley. Action research in education / Ernie Stringer Action research : principles and practice / Jean McNiff with Jack Whitehead. Becoming critical : education, knowledge, and action research / Wilfred Carr, Stephen Kemmis. Developing innovation in online learning : an action research framework / Maggie MacPherson and Miguel Baptista Nunes. Guiding school improvement with action research / Richard Sagor. Practical action research for change / Richard A. Schmuck ; Foreword by Robin Fogarty. Value and validity in action research : a guidebook for reflective practitioners / Eileen M. Schwalbach You and your action research project / Jean McNiff, Pamela Lomax and Jack Whitehead. Do a keyword search for "Action Research" and you will be amazed by the excellent collection we have in ITE on the topic. Action Research Projects My First Action Research Account Action Research Project - Complete Golf
Action Research principles and practice	*Setting Sail: Surfing the WWW*
	*Individual work: The Principles of Action Research*
	Question: What are 5 things that you feel are the key ideas that you have garnered from your reading. Action Research in Brief (handout) Teacher-as-Researcher, ERIC Digest http://www.ericdigests.org/1993/researcher.htm Jean McNiff's Action Research Booklet (UK) http://www.jeanmcniff.com/booklet1.html Chapters of a book on Action Research projects http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/TESL-EJ/ej19/r9.html Collaborative Action Research (an example) http://informationr.net/ir/1-1/paper2.html
	*GROUP WORK: Action Research in Practice*
	In your respective group, take responsibility to read the contents of one of the 5 areas below to understand how action research has been put into practice. Share your individual perspective in the form of 5 learning points with your group members. As a group, consolidate your learning and come up with 5 key points on how Action Research is carried out in essence. Work out 5 questions that your group has for the general discussion at the end of this exercise.
	*USA*
	Classroom Action Research(CAR) on the Madison Metropolitan School District http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/sod/car/carhomepage.html A-Z abstracts of Classroom Action Research (CAR) http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/sod/car/descriptors.htm George Mason University http://www.gse.gmu.edu/research/tr/TRaction.shtm LeHigh University Teacher Training (Teacher Portfolio) http://www.lehigh.edu/~infolios/#Spring2002 Middle School Diaries http://www.middleweb.com/mw/aaDiaries.html
	*UK and Australia*
	Jean McNiff's Action Research website: http://www.jeanmcniff.com/ Jack Whitehead's Action Research website: http://www.bath.ac.uk/~edsajw/ Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Action Research in RMIT
	*China*
	China's Experimental Centre for Educational Action Research in Foreign Languages Teaching. http://www.bath.ac.uk/~edsajw//moira/mlarcentre.htm Abstracts of Action Research projects in the centre http://www.bath.ac.uk/~edsajw//moira/mlgtcabs.htm Detailed write-up of projects (Choose one to read in detail) Guide for Action Research in China http://www.bath.ac.uk/~edsajw//moira/mlarguide.htm Action Research projects at the centre: http://www.bath.ac.uk/~edsajw/moira.shtml
	*Canada & Action* *Research on the WWW*
	Action Research in Queen's University http://educ.queensu.ca/~russellt/rp-ar/ Action Research Links at the University of North Carolina http://www.uncp.edu/home/baker/actionresearch/links/ Collaborative Action Research Network (CARN) http://www.did.stu.mmu.ac.uk/carn/websites.shtml
	*Dropping Anchor: Reflection and Enquiry* Group Presentation of findings highlighting learning points on the principles and practice of Action Research.