Research Methods for the Self-Study of Practice
Editors: Tidwell, Deborah, Heston, Melissa, Fitzgerald, Linda (Eds.)
Free Preview- Unlike methods for doing traditional research, the self-study methods are both the phenomenon under study and the method of researching oneself and others
- Provides concrete illustrations of both verbal and visual data collection and analysis in self-study methodology in a variety of contexts
- Richly describes the interdependence among researchers, contexts and methods
- Illustrates different developmental levels in the self-study methodology
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This volume presents 13 studies that provide concrete and authentic illustrations of self-study as it naturally unfolds across different educational settings. Each chapter provides in-depth descriptions of the context, method choices and processes used for self-study research, highlighting how researchers gather, analyze and make sense of data. All of these studies offer rich examples of the recursive processes so important in self-study research. The first section highlights the use of text as data to examine the meaning and value of teacher education practices. The second features self-studies using discourse and dialogue as data and often as actual analysis tools for examining practice. The third presents studies in which different forms of visual representations are used as data that illuminate the ideas, assumptions and experiences underlying practice. The final section presents self-studies focused on the impact of practice on teacher education programs, students, and faculty-student interactions.
- Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Co/autoethnography: Exploring Our Teaching Selves Collaboratively
Pages 3-16
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Teaching and Learning Through Narrative Inquiry
Pages 17-33
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Passages: Improving Teacher Education Through Narrative Self-Study
Pages 35-51
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Talking Teaching and Learning: Using Dialogue in Self-Study
Pages 55-72
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“Name It and Claim It”: The Methodology of Self-Study as Social Justice Teacher Education
Pages 73-82
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Research Methods for the Self-Study of Practice
- Editors
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- Deborah Tidwell
- Melissa Heston
- Linda Fitzgerald
- Series Title
- Self-Study of Teaching and Teacher Education Practices
- Series Volume
- 9
- Copyright
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4020-9514-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4020-9514-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-4020-9513-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-90-481-8146-9
- Series ISSN
- 1875-3620
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- 250
- Topics