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This article explores the significance of Bridget Somekh‘s work for methodology, professional practice and for what may be called the 'project' of action research as the development of 'communities of research-practitioners' who in some way seek to 'improve' the quality of their action within their workplace. In many ways her 'project' has been, and still is, the project of embedding action research into professional practice at all levels, from day-to-day interactions in schools and communities to policy-making. The 'good' of Bridget Somekh that emerges from this discussion is precisely the project of getting people's voices heard as they combine in action to make a real difference in their workplaces, communities or at policy level.
Published: 2010
Updated: Jun. 23, 2010
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In this paper, the authors want to clarify their concept of action research and to provide arguments for the need to re-evaluate the research potential of this approach. The authors illustrate the arguments by an analysis of one of the most successful in-service education of teachers' courses in Austria, which is based on action research. The paper ends with a theoretical discussion of frequent objections against action research in the German research tradition.
Published: 2010
Updated: Jun. 23, 2010
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In this article, the authors would like to present the theoretical relationship between lesson studies, action research and practical knowledge in teacher education. In particular, the authors analyse the possibilities of lesson studies as an action research model in which observation, action, reflection and cooperation between participants should help to reconstruct the theories in use that teachers count on in their school practice.
Published: 2010
Updated: Jun. 23, 2010
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The article will review some of Bridget Somekh's action research projects as attempts to build networks of trust and reciprocity across a range of educational stake-holders. The article will also examine Bridget's wider role within the education action research movement as a whole, looking at her achievements as a facilitator of networks of action researchers across national, professional and ideological boundaries.
Published: 2010
Updated: Jun. 23, 2010
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This article provides an analysis of the Collaborative Action Research Network's (CARN) origins and development since its foundation in 1976. Cultural-historical activity theory is used as an analytical framework: key concepts are succinctly summarised and then used to identify and explore CARN's agency in developing educational action research. The article focuses on key themes of CARN's activity, such as developing teachers' knowledge as an engine of school reform, establishing an action research literature and supporting the challenging processes of collaboration. The article explores some of the disruptions and contradictions in CARN over the years. The article concludes with an agenda for future development.
Published: 2010
Updated: Jun. 23, 2010
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The authors’ goal is to seek to understand the factors that affect changes in the teachers’ identities. The authors report on a study of teachers engaged in collaborative action research (CAR) to improve their implementation of digital photography in their teaching. The research design combines the use of ethnographic methods, participatory evaluation methods and action research. The authors use cultural–historical activity theory to understand why the data suggest that there was little change in the teachers’ identity by the end of the first cycle of action research, while those who participated in both the initial action research and the CAR group had a change in their identities.
Published: 2010
Updated: Jun. 23, 2010
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Open access is a mode of publication that limits or removes payments, fees, licensing, or other typical requirements for access to research publications or related materials. This article examines the opportunities that are available for researchers to adopt open access distribution and the factors that may impede their adoption. The author focuses on one of the primary methods of adopting open access archiving versions of articles in open repository services and demonstrate how that model can contribute to decontextualizing of research findings during discovery.
Published: 2010
Updated: Jun. 13, 2010
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In this article, the authors propose an agenda for special education teacher education researchers. The authors emphasize that particular attention should be paid to policy work and studies of innovations in pre-service preparation, induction and mentoring, and professional development. The authors discuss strategies to bolster the research foundation, namely, by oversampling special education teachers in the Schools and Staffing Survey and the Teacher Follow-Up Survey and by fostering the development of models of teacher development and related measures of teacher quality.
Published: 2010
Updated: Jun. 13, 2010
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This article examines epistemological awareness and instantiation of methods, as well as uninformed ambiguity, in qualitative methodological decision making and research reporting. Through an analysis of researchers' decision junctures drawn from studies published in high-impact education journals in 2006, the authors illustrate current methodological awareness and instantiation of methods in the field of education research.
Published: 2009
Updated: May. 09, 2010
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This article updates previous attempts to identify a core set of journals that most education scholars would acknowledge as consequential sources. On the basis of nominations from a panel of experts, 11 primary journals were identified; three of these journals were nominated by at least one third of the respondents. The impact of these journals is assessed using a number of alternative metrics. In addition, differences in impact on policy and practice versus scholarship are considered.
Published: 2009
Updated: May. 09, 2010