School of Education
University of the West Indies, St. Augustine
St. Augustine
ph: 868-477-1500
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Essential and /recommended textbooks
Hendricks, C. C. (2009). Improving schools through action research: A comprehensive guide for educators (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Allyn & Bacon.
Bauer, S. C., & Brazer, S. D. (2011). Using research to lead school improvement: Turning evidence into action. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
Journals and other readings
Bauer, S. C., & Brazer, S. D. (2011). Using research to lead school improvement: Turning evidence into action. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
Calhoun, E. F. (1994). How to use action research in the self-renewing school. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Clauset, K.H., Lick, D.W., & Murphy, C.U. ( 2008). Schoolwide action research for professional learning communities: Improving student learning through the whole-faculty study groups approach. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin
Coghlan, D., & Brannick, T. (2004). Doing action research in your own organization (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Cresswell, J. W. (2009). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
DuFour, R., DuFour, R., & Eaker, R. (2008). Revisiting professional learning communities at work: New insights for improving schools. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree.
Du Four, R. & Marzano, R. (2011). Leaders of learning: How district, school, and classroom leaders improve student achievement. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree.
Farrell, J. B., & Weitman, C. J. (2007). Action research fosters empowerment andlearning communities. Delta Kappa Gamma Bulletin, 73(3), 36-45.
Glanz, J. (2004). Action research: An educational leader’s guide to school improvement. Norwood, MA: Christopher-Gordon.
Hargreaves, D. (2002). The knowledge-creating school. In B. Moon, J. Butcher, & E. Bird (Eds.), Leading professional development in education (pp. 224-240). London: Routledge & Falmer.
Hendricks, C. C. (2009). Improving schools through action research: A comprehensive
guide for educators (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Allyn & Bacon.
Marzano, R. J. (2003). What works in schools: Translating research into action. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development.
Reason, P. W., & Bradbury, H. (Eds.) (2001). Handbook of action research: Participative inquiry and practice. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Sagor, R. (2000). Guiding school improvement with action research. Alexandria, VA:ASCD.
Sagor, R. (2008). The action research guidebook: A four-step process for educators and school teams (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Sagor, R. (2009). Collaborative action research and school improvement: We can’t have one without the other. Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, 3(1), 7-14.
Sagor, R. (2010). Collaborative action research for professional. learningcommunities. Bloomington, IN: Solution Tree Press.
Schmuck, R. (2006). Practical action research for change. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Readings
Hendricks, C. C. (2009). Improving schools through action research: A comprehensive guide for educators (2nd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Allyn & Bacon
(Week 1-2).
Bauer, S. C., & Brazer, S. D. (2011). Using research to lead school improvement: Turning evidence into action. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
(Week 3-6)
Krathwohl, D. R., & Smith, N. L. (2005). How to prepare a dissertation proposal: Suggestions for students in education and the social and behavioral sciences (1st ed.). Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press
(Weeks 7-13).
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School of Education
University of the West Indies, St. Augustine
St. Augustine
ph: 868-477-1500
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