Reviews: Practice based research
4 reviews found for "Practice based research"
- Book review : Promoting effective group work in the primary classroom : a handbook for teachers and practitioners
- This is book review of Promoting effective group work in the primary classroom : a handbook for teachers and practitioners by Ed Baines et al., published by Routledge in 2008, ISBN 9780415416870. It was reviewed by Mark Jenkins of the University of Winchester on behalf of ESCalate. The book is the result of a four year study known as the SPRinG project (Social and Pedagogical Research into Group Work). The research was based on pupils in the 5-14...
- Book review : Researching schools : stories from a schools-university partnership for educational research
- This is a book review of Researching schools : stories from a schools-university partnership for educational research by Colleen McLaughlin et al., published by Routledge in 2006, ISBN 9780415388429. It was reviewed by John Butcher of the University of Northampton on behalf of ESCalate. This book details the trials, minor successes and ultimate failure of the partnership (or more correctly series of partnerships) to transform a group of secondary...
- Book Review: Transforming Learning and Teaching
- Transforming Learning and Teaching describes how some primary schools in the London Borough of Redbridge became a research learning community, adopted a joint motto we can if… and embarked on a journey of discovery about the power of learning about learning. The description is both enjoyable and inspirational to read but also records an extended action research project grounded in situations which are recognisable to classroom teachers, school...
- Book review : Readings in post-compulsory education
- This is a book review of Readings in post-compulsory education, edited by Yvonne Hillier and Anne Thompson, published by Continuum in 2007, ISBN 9780826493545. It was reviewed by Christian Beighton of Canterbury Christ Church University on behalf of ESCalate. This volume brings together a range of examples of in the area of practitioner research. These varied readings are clearly aimed at two groups. Those who wish to begin researching in the...