TY - BOOK AU - Dadds,Marion TI - Passionate enquiry and school development: a story about teacher action research SN - 0750704330 AV - LB1028.24 .D33 1995eb U1 - 370/.78 20 PY - 1995/// CY - London, Washington, D.C. PB - Falmer Press KW - Action research in education KW - Case studies KW - Recherche-action en éducation KW - Études de cas KW - EDUCATION KW - Statistics KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - Theory & Practice of Education KW - hilcc KW - Education KW - Social Sciences KW - Research KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-185) and index; Machine generated contents note; Ch. 2; Vicki: Teacher Action Researcher --; Ch. 3; Seeing Changes and Development --; Ch. 4; Developing the Humanities Curriculum at Springfield School --; Ch. 5; Learning About Children with Special Needs --; Ch. 6; Gendered Curriculum at Springfield School --; Ch. 7; Valuing Teacher Action Research --; Ch. 8; Valuing Knowledge and Understanding --; Ch. 9; Valuing Text --; Ch. 10; Valuing Action --; Ch. 11; Valuing Development --; Ch. 12; Valuing Collaboration --; Ch. 13; Final Reflections N2 - "The main feature of this book is a case story of a teacher action researcher, Vicki, undertaking research in her own school as part of an Advanced Diploma course. The second important feature is this study grew out of Dr. Dadds' own action research on her in-service course with a group of primary and middle school teachers which included Vicki." "The case story examines Vicki's three action research studies in turn; how they related to her work in the school; how she did her research; what problems she had to encounter; how she felt about her research and the people involved in it; what impact the research had on her feelings and ideas; and, what were some of the outcomes." "Dr. Dadds has written a rare case story of the realities of doing part-time action research in school and in doing so challenges and develops some of the existing theoretical positions on action research. She offers original insights into: the subjective and emotional dimensions of doing action research; the effects of government educational reform on teacher action research in school; and, the relationship between development through the medium of action research. Little so far has been written of the processes by which teacher's action research projects become part of the life of a developing school."--Jacket UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=96613 ER -