All You Need to Know about Action Research Book

1	What is action research?	7
2	Who does action research?	16
3	The underpinning assumptions of action research	22
4	Where did action research come from?	36
5	Why do action research?	45
6	Learning to improve practice	51
7	Contributing to new theory	63
8	Evaluating your research	69
9	Feasibility planning : what do you need to think about first?	79
10	Action planning : how do you develop an action plan?	90
11	Doing action research : carrying out your action plan	107
12	Examples of action research projects	119
13	Monitoring practice and looking for data	131
14	Gathering, sorting and storing data	138
15	Turning the data into evidence	148
16	Testing the validity of your claims to knowledge	157
17	Establishing the legitimacy of your claims to knowledge	166
18	Engaging with the politics of knowledge	173
19	Telling your research story	185
20	Writing a workplace report	191
21	Writing a report for higher degree accreditation	202
22	Publishing and disseminating your research	216
23	Explaining the significance of your research	233
24	Developing new epistemologies for organizational cultures of enquiry	239
25	The amazing potential global influence of your action research	247