Self-study teacher research: improving your practice through collaborative inquiry

PrefacePART I: THE 6Ws OF SELF-STUDY RESEARCH1. Understanding Self-Study: What and Why   What is Self-Study Teacher Research?   What Self-Study Teacher Research is Not   Why Conduct Self-Study Teacher Research?   Key Ideas2. Overview of the Self-Study Process: What and How   Self-Study Research Project Planner   Self-Study Research Project Timeline   Self-Study Teacher Research Exemplar Brief3. The Self-Study Community: When and Where and Who   Culture of the Self-Study Community   Paradigm Shift   Influence, Confluence, and Divergence   Important Events in Outgrowth of Self-Study School   Critique and Sustainability   Key Ideas4. The Self-Study Research Methodology: Why and How   Characteristics of Self-Study Research   Five Foci Framework: Methodological Components of Self-Study Research   Key Ideas5. Self-Study Methods: How   Choosing a Self-Study Method   Challenges in Choosing a Method   Key IdeasPART II: YOUR SELF-STUDY PROJECT6. Design   Design Matters   Seven Key Design Components   Key Ideas7. Protect   Questioning the Ethics of Your Study   School Division Review   The Role of Professional Organizations   Standards of Research Ethics   Institutional Review Boards   Key Ideas8. Organize Data   Alignment of Data with Question   Document   Categorize   Overlapping Research Phases   Key Ideas9. Collect Data   Data Gathering Techniques   Alternative Data Gathering Techniques   Quantifiable Data   Key Ideas10. Analyze Data   Research as a Recursive Act   Coding   Coding Families   Categories and Connections   Grounded Theory and the Constant Comparative Method   Concept Maps   Computer Software Tools   Key Ideas11. Assess Research Quality   Multiple Sources of Data   Transparency, validation, exemplars, and trustworthiness   Reliability   Generalizability   Key Ideas	12. Write   Some Friendly Writing Advice   Writing Your Research Report   Writing Your Abstract   Welcoming Peer Critique   Key Ideas13. Present and Publish   The Importance of Presenting Your Research   Challenge the Status Quo of Presentations   Pointers for Presenting   Writing Your Self-Study Proposal   Advice for Presenting   The Proposal Review Process   Advice for Getting Published   Key IdeasClosing RemarksAppendix A:	Sample of a Self-Study Teacher Research Exemplar BriefAppendix B:	Self-Study is Not Just for Classroom TeachersGlossaryReferencesIndexAbout the Author