EVALUATING A TEACHER RESEARCHER'S CHOICE OF ACTION RESEARCH
- 1 September 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education
- Vol. 13 (3) , 212-227
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0260293880130303
Abstract
In this paper I discuss my reasons for choosing educational action research in my enquiry into the process of writing, redrafting, learning and autonomy in the examination years (Eames, 1987). I look first of all at my own interests as a teacher‐researcher, and then explore my reasons for rejecting the ‘dominant research paradigms, which seemed to me inappropriate for what I was trying to do. I explain what I understand by action research, and examine objections to it, as well as considering its strengths.Keywords
This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Use of Personal Educational Theories in In‐Service EducationBritish Journal of In-Service Education, 1983
- Pedagogic Research: on the relative merits of search for generalisation and study of single eventsOxford Review of Education, 1981
- The Study of Samples and the Study of Cases*British Educational Research Journal, 1980
- In‐Service Education: The Knowledge Base of Educational TheoryBritish Journal of In-Service Education, 1980
- CRITICAL PRACTICEPublished by Taylor & Francis ,1980
- Improving Learning in Schools — An In‐Service ProblemBritish Journal of In-Service Education, 1977