Researching Your Own Practice, 1st Edition by John Mason - ISBN: 9780415248624
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Presenting a practical approach to becoming more methodical and systematic in professional development, this book provides a basis for turning professional development into practitioner research.

Researching Your Own Practice, 1st Edition

The Discipline of Noticing

  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    25 October 2001

Summary

This text offers practical ways in which teachers can move from concern about their pupils and what they are learning, concern about their teaching, or even concern about other practices such as managing, to doing something about it in a practical and disciplined manner. At the heart of all enquiry lies “noticing”: noticing an opportunity to act, noticing something that might be a possibility to try out, and noticing oneself in the midst of professional acts, whether teaching, researching, at…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780415248624
ISBN-10:0415248620
Author:John Mason
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:Routledge
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Edition:1st
Release Date:25 October 2001
Weight:440g
Dimensions:234mm x 156mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

‘The book is well worth reading. I jumped at the chance to review it, because … anything by John Mason is worth digging into … Mason has a way of getting under my skin, of provoking me to think about issues I might otherwise let slide by.’ - Alan Schoenfeld

‘A welcome addition to the burgeoning literature on educational research. The evocative imagery and dual emphases on theory and practice should appeal to many of those researching their own practice or those of others.’ - British Educational Research Journal


‘The book is well worth reading. I jumped at the chance to review it, because … anything by John Mason is worth digging into … Mason has a way of getting under my skin, of provoking me to think about issues I might otherwise let slide by.’ - Alan Schoenfeld, University of California at Berkeley

‘Both as a guide for professionals to look at their own actions from a distance and for (future) researchers as an introduction to interpretative research. I think this book is eminently suitable.’ - Will Wardekker, Educational Review

‘A welcome addition to the burgeoning literature on educational research. The evocative imagery and dual emphases on theory and practice should appeal to many of those researching their own practice or those of others.’ - British Educational Research Journal

About The Author

John Mason

Mason, John

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