Becoming a Teacher through Action Research

by Donna Kalmbach Phillips, Kevin Carr

Becoming a Teacher through Action Research, Third Edition skillfully interweaves the stories of pre-service teaching with the process of action research. This engaging text focuses specifically on the needs of pre-service teachers by providing assistance for all stages of the research experience, including guidance on how to select an area of focus, design a culturally-proficient study, collect and interpret data, and communicate findings. With an updated introduction and two new chapters, this revised edition fully develops a convincing response to the framing question of the book, "Why pre-service teacher action research?" The new edition continues to focus on elements of trustworthy pre-service teacher action research, and provides a more robust overview of research methodology. Using additional activities, charts, and examples, this book offers support during the steps of writing a critical question, data collection, data analysis and the use of analytic memos. New Features in the Third Edition This one-of-a-kind guide continues to offer invaluable support for teacher-education students during a critical phase of their professional―and personal―lives.

304 pages, Paperback

First published February 14, 2006

Reviews

[Amanda Hasan · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must-read for any educator new to the world of Action Research. Provides quantitative and qualitative research methods for informing and improving one's instruction through active research in their classrooms.

[Nadiene · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you like action research, this is your book.