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The Recursive Process in and of Critical Literacy: Action Research in an Urban Elementary School
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Cooper, Karyn; White, Robert E. – Canadian Journal of Education, 2012
This paper provides an overview of the recursive process of initiating an action research project on literacy for students-at-risk in a Canadian urban elementary school. As this paper demonstrates, this requires development of a school-wide framework, which frames the action research project and desired outcomes, and a shared ownership of this…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Action Research, Educational Research, Urban Schools
Critical Literacy for School Improvement: An Action Research Project
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Cooper, Karyn; White, Robert E. – Improving Schools, 2008
This article provides an overview of the integrative process of initiating an action research project on literacy for students "at risk" in a Canadian urban elementary school. As the article demonstrates, this requires development of a school-wide framework, which informs the action research project and desired outcomes, and a shared…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Research Projects, Action Research, Educational Change
Action Research in Practice: Critical Literacy in an Urban Grade 3 Classroom
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Cooper, Karyn; White, Robert E. – Educational Action Research, 2006
This action research project on critical literacy in a high poverty area in Toronto, Canada becomes the practical backdrop for examining how critical literacy can be developed and applied in regular classroom situations. Educators identifying patterns within classrooms that prevent students from participating fully in all aspects of a democratic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Poverty Areas, Pattern Recognition