Table of Contents
Contributor Biographies ix
Introduction 1Craig A. Mertler
Part I Foundations of Action Research in Education 5
1 Education Action Research: With and for the Next Generation 7Hilary Bradbury, Rolla Lewis, and Dusty Columbia Embury
2 History of Action Research in Education 29Cher C. Hendricks
3 The Body of Literature on Action Research in Education 53Michelle Vaughan
4 US Perspectives on Action Research in Education 75Andrea C. Burrows
5 Worldwide Perspectives on Action Research in Education 97Ernest (Ernie) Stringer, Bob Dick, and Jack Whitehead
Part II Theories and Principles of Action Research in Education 115
6 Rigor in Educational Action Research and the Construction of Knowledge Democracies 117Lonnie L. Rowell
7 Theory in Educational Action Research 139Ernest (Ernie) Stringer
8 Legitimacy of and Value in Action Research 161Debra M. Dosemagen and Eileen M. Schwalbach
9 Comparing and Contrasting Action Research and Action Learning 185Tom Bourner and Cheryl Brook
10 The Underlying Importance of Context and Voice in Action Research 207Jack Whitehead
11 Supportive Contexts for Action Research 229Jennifer J. Lesh and Jennifer Gleason
Part III Applications of Action Research in Practice 251
12 Action Research for Teacher Professional Development: Being and Becoming an Expert Teacher 253Andrew Johnson
13 Action Research as Professional Learning for Educators 273Tara Flynn and Catherine D. Bruce
14 Action Research as Inquiry in Professional Practice Doctoral Programs 295Ray R. Buss
15 Participatory Action Research (PAR) in Education 317Marie Paz Morales
16 Action Research and Popular Education: Implications for Twenty‐First Century Leadership and Research Practices 343Linnea L. Rademaker
17 Action Research for Social Justice Advocacy 371Mary Brydon‐Miller and Bruce Damons
18 Innovations in the Dissemination of Action Research: Rhetoric, Media, and Communication 393Danah Henriksen and Punya Mishra
19 Action Research for Systemic Change in Education 415Emily F. Calhoun
20 The Promise and Future of Action Research in Education 439Bob Dick
Part IV Practitioner Researchers Share Their Action Research Experiences 461
21 The Experience of Students and Faculty When Elements of Bloom’s Mastery Learning Are Used in an Online Statistics Course: A Participatory Action Research Study 463Patrick Casselman
22 The Function of Freedom: Practitioner Action Research in Emancipatory Social Justice Teacher Education 481Amy Rector‐Aranda
23 Practitioner Action Research in an Urban STEM High School 497Douglas M. Stevens
24 Action Research as Professional Development: A Study of the Impact of Collaborative Analysis of Student Work on Teacher Practice and Student Writing 513Kristin Shealy
25 Exploring Literature Circles Discussions Through Action Research 531Gail Sigelakis
26 Story as an Organizing and Inquiry Tool for Action Research Partnerships Committed to Social Justice and Educational Change 547Mark Kohan
27 Investigating the Benefits of Curriculum-Based Readers Theatre for English Language Learners Through an Innovative Professional Learning Community Model 565Samantha N. Uribe
Index 581