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Mariani, Melissa; Silvestro, Kristi – Professional School Counseling, 2019
This article outlines an action research project designed to deliver and assess the impact of a conflict-resolution intervention for elementary-aged students, Kelso's Choice (KC). Findings gathered by the school counselor indicated that participating students increased in their ability to accurately identify a majority of conflict-resolution…
Descriptors: Action Research, Conflict Resolution, School Counselors, Elementary School Students
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Zornes, Deborah; Ferkins, Lesley; Piggot-Irvine, Eileen – Educational Action Research, 2016
The focus of this paper is to share thinking about networks in action research (AR) and to consider their role, purpose, and how networks' outcomes and impacts might be evaluated. Networks are often a by-product of AR projects, yet research focused on the network itself as part of a project is rare. The paper is one of several associated with the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Social Networks, Network Analysis, Program Evaluation
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Henderson, Linda – Educational Action Research, 2017
This article reports on an evaluation of three action research projects developed by a group of teachers working across the early years in three independent schools. The article examines the role of action research in developing educational leadership capabilities. Drawing on the educational leadership literature, concepts and ideas of action and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Research Projects, Curriculum Development, Leadership Training
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Springett, Jane – Educational Action Research, 2017
Participatory Health Research is a collective term adopted globally for participatory action research in a health context. As an approach to research, it challenges current ways used within the health sciences to measure research impact as research, learning and action are integrated throughout the research process and dependent on context and…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Health Education, Action Research, Program Effectiveness
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Emily Edwards – English Australia Journal, 2018
This article reports on findings from a qualitative study in the English Language Intensive Courses for Overseas Students (ELICOS) context which explored teachers' experiences and their managers' perceptions of teacher participation in the Cambridge Assessment English/English Australia Action Research in ELICOS program. Despite previously reported…
Descriptors: English Learners, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Language Teachers
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Farrell, Robert – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2014
This article puts forward an "assessment/action research/publication" cycle that integrates aspects of the assessment, research, and Institutional Review Board (IRB) processes to provide academic librarians with a systematic approach for balancing competing workplace demands and give library managers a roadmap for creating a…
Descriptors: Action Research, Academic Libraries, Library Research, Critical Path Method
Mitchel, Ashley LiBetti; King, Melissa Steel – Bellwether Education Partners, 2016
Every year, new teachers collectively spend about $4.8 billion on their training requirements, nearly all of which goes to teacher preparation programs. Unfortunately, it is unclear whether that is money well spent. Despite decades of research and ongoing calls to improve the quality of teacher training, we still do not know how to sculpt an…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Action Research, Program Improvement, Evidence Based Practice
Bolly, Madina; Jonas, Nicolas – UNESCO Institute for Lifelong Learning, 2015
Action Research on Measuring Literacy Programme Participants' Learning Outcomes (RAMAA) aims to develop, implement and collaborate on the creation of a methodological approach to measure acquired learning and study the various factors that influence its development. This report examines how RAMAA I has been implemented over the past four years in…
Descriptors: Action Research, Outcome Measures, Program Implementation, Adult Literacy
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Kennedy, Aileen – Professional Development in Education, 2014
The area of teachers' continuing professional development (CPD) is of growing interest internationally. However, while an increasing range of literature focuses on particular aspects of CPD, there is a paucity of literature addressing the spectrum of CPD models in a comparative manner. This article therefore considers a wide range of international…
Descriptors: Models, Professional Continuing Education, Best Practices, Training Methods
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Piggot-Irvine, Eileen – American Journal of Evaluation, 2010
This article outlines an attempt at realizing mutuality between evaluation and action science in feedback within an aspiring principal leadership development programme in New Zealand. The evaluation was specifically designed to overcome the formative-summative divide through ongoing, often immediate, dialogue using an action science approach. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Feedback (Response), Administrator Education
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Heyworth, Frank – Language Teaching, 2013
This review examines applications of quality management (QM) in language education. QM approaches have been adapted from methodologies developed in industrial and commercial settings, and these are briefly described. Key aspects of QM in language education are the definition of purpose, descriptions of principles and practice, including various…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Educational Quality, Accreditation (Institutions), Total Quality Management
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Burton, Bruce – Australian Educational Researcher, 2012
This article reports on a major action research program that experimented with the use of cross-age peer teaching in schools to assist teachers to manage conflict issues in their classrooms, and to re-engage disaffected students in learning. The research, which was conducted in a range of elementary and secondary schools in Australia, was part of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conflict Resolution, Peer Teaching, Action Research
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Lynch, Paul; McLinden, Mike; Douglas, Graeme; McCall, Steve; Muturi, Mary; Bayo, Asher; Mwaura, Martha; Muga, John – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2012
Participatory research is a broad term covering a range of approaches that are characterised by a focus on "action-oriented" research involving researchers and participants working in collaboration to bring about positive change. These approaches emphasise engagement with co-researchers and the development and implementation of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Design, Research Methodology, Action Research
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Larsen, Donald E.; Derrington, Mary Lynne – International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation, 2012
No textbook that an aspiring principal encounters in preparing for the role of school leader discusses what steps to follow when a member--or members--of the school staff challenge standards of professional judgment and moral rectitude. Instead, the most reliable guide at the principal's disposal may be the "moral compass" upon which the…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Ethics, Principals, Administrators
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Cullen, Anne; Coryn, Chris L. S. – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2011
Background: Since the late 1970s participatory approaches have been widely promoted to evaluate international development programs. However, there is no universal agreement of what is meant by participatory evaluation. For some evaluators, participatory evaluations involve the extensive participation of all stakeholder groups (from donor to…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Global Approach, International Programs, Program Evaluation
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