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Self-Study: Improving Teaching Practices in Early Childhood Education. Sage Research Methods Cases Part 1
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Anne Grey; Vicki Hargraves – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2015
This case study involves self-study to explore one teacher's practice in regard to a particular curricular goal for early childhood education in Aotearoa, New Zealand. We combined a living theories action research methodology with grounded theory for data analysis. Studying one's own practice produced data that could be used to improve future…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Teachers, Action Research
Reducing Discrepancies between Teachers' Espoused Theories and Theories-in-Use: An Action Research Model of Reflective Professional Development
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Harnett, Jenny – Educational Action Research, 2012
This article reports on an action research project in which two New Zealand classroom teachers worked with a university researcher to investigate the effects of their knowledge, thinking, and beliefs on the ways in which they mediated students' learning in teacher-student interactions. Working in a small community of practice over a two-year…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Communities of Practice, Action Research, Semi Structured Interviews
Synergy between Information and Communications Technologies and Educational Action Research and Collaborative Construction of Our Active Identities
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Davis, Niki; Morrow, Donna – Educational Action Research, 2010
Bridget Somekh's contributions to the debate on the theory and practice of action research and associated methodologies have often been gained through leadership of innovative action and research with computers in education. A review of her work provides evidence of the journey that starts with an appreciation of the wonders of technology before…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Information Technology, Telecommunications
Creating Connections in Teaching and Learning. Research on Teaching and Learning
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Abawi, Lindy, Ed.; Conway, Joan, Ed.; Henderson, Robyn, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2011
This book explores the wide range of contexts in which research into creating connections in learning and teaching may take place. Creating connections can encompass making links, crossing divides, forming relationships, building frameworks, and generating new knowledge. The cognitive, cultural, social, emotional and/or physical aspects of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Research Methodology, Early Childhood Education
Enhancing Mathematics Teaching and Learning in Early Childhood Settings
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Haynes, Maggie; Cardno, Carol; Craw, Janita – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2007
The overall aim of the project was to engage early childhood teachers in investigating and improving their expertise in the teaching and learning of mathematics. The intention of the project was to develop a research environment through which researchers and kindergarten teachers worked collaboratively, using action research methodology, to…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Preschool Teachers, Teacher Competencies, Teacher Collaboration
Strengthening Responsive and Reciprocal Relationships in a Whanau Tangata Centre: An Action Research Project
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Clarkin-Phillips, Jeanette; Carr, Margaret – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2009
This project came about after discussions with the general manager of the Wellington Region Free Kindergarten Association and Jeanette Clarkin-Phillips (University of Waikato) about setting up a research partnership to support the teachers at Taitoko Kindergarten in Levin. The teachers were establishing an integrated community centre (the whanau…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Pilot Projects, Parent Workshops