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Henderson, Bob – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 1995
Reviews three books that encourage practioners to be researchers of their own practice. Discusses absolutist and relativist approaches to research by examining assumptions related to questions the research generates. Recommends unification of practitioner and researcher roles through a dialectic, critical, reflective orientation that strives for…
Descriptors: Action Research, Concept Formation, Critical Thinking, Educational Philosophy

Florio-Ruane, Susan – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1990
Describes the Written Literacy Forum, a collaborative research effort between Michigan State University's Institute for Research on Teaching and the East Lansing, Michigan Public Schools, which attempted to identify ways that research on writing could be applied to instructional problems. Depicts the first year's experience and offers sample…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Research, Elementary Secondary Education

Woodhead, Martin – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1999
Details part of a larger project undertaken by Swedish Save the Children in order to inform the current debate about child labor with evidence from working children engaged in a range of occupations, in contrasting regions of the world. Summarizes issues, children's occupational preferences, and views on work and school. (SD)
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Child Labor, Child Welfare, Childhood Attitudes
House, Freeman – Orion Afield: Working for Nature and Community, 1999
Timber operators, ranchers, corporate timberland owners, environmentalists, state government, and local schools in rural northern California formed an alliance to save the local salmon from extinction. The community's struggle toward consensus was an attempt to abandon the polarization that arises from power struggles. Local nonprofessionals were…
Descriptors: Activism, Community Action, Community Cooperation, Conservation (Environment)

Bodenhamer, Vicki S. – Art Education, 1997
Discusses the role of teachers as researchers. Includes personal reflections on participation as a teacher researcher, observations as a teaching administrator conducting doctoral research in the classroom, and personal viewpoints as a state visual and performing arts supervisor. Considers the relationship between classroom research and the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Art Education, Foundations of Education, Inservice Teacher Education

Connolly, Mark; Ennew, Judith – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1996
Introduces workshop papers proposing research agendas based on the assumption that street children's public image hinders both research and program development. Argues that research emphasis should shift to analysis of children's relationship to the street environment; this approach, derived from social science research, entails innovative and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adolescents, Child Labor, Children

Convergence, 1996
This special book review section contains reviews of 18 books in adult and continuing education and development. Subjects include rural development, feminist discourse, group facilitation, Paulo Freire, professional development, social change, participatory action research, and the ecology of written language. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Adult Learning, Book Reviews

Leyshon, Michael – Journal of Rural Studies, 2002
Describes research methods used and problems encountered in fieldwork with rural English youth. Discusses the researcher's positionality and self, making local connections and finding "gatekeepers," building trust with young people, issues of youth safety versus confidentiality, types of communication and parental consent, the…
Descriptors: Confidentiality, Ethics, Field Studies, Foreign Countries

Wolfendale, Sheila – British Journal of Special Education, 1999
This article investigates parents' status within educational research and examines some research paradigms that have been used. A number of inherent methodological and ethical issues are identified and several fundamental aspects are explored. It is argued that researchers should adopt a partnership model for cooperative research on parental…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics, Exceptional Child Research

Agbo, Seth A. – Journal of American Indian Education, 2001
Participatory research by the State University of New York at Potsdam and the Mohawk Nation involved community discussion groups, which established needs for bicultural education for Indian students, the use of Mohawk culture as the arena for curriculum development, development of Mohawk cultural standards, and teacher training in Mohawk culture.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, American Indian Education, Biculturalism, Cultural Context
Kember, David; Ying, Chan Kwok; Wan, Chan Shun; Yung, Chan Siu; Wai, Chan Tze; Mui, Chang Yuk; Wing, Cheung Kwong; Heung, Lau Kwai; Sam, Lee Lai; Chi, Lee Wai; Wanze, Li Wing Sze; Chuen, Tam Kam; Anne, Tang Oi Yin; Chu, Tse Lin; Jason, Tse Wai – Active Learning in Higher Education: The Journal of the Institute for Learning and Teaching, 2005
This study provides a qualitative test and illustration of a model of how students cope with the demands of part-time study. The model shows that students who are successful in finding the time to complete the requirements of part-time courses do so by adopting three mechanisms; sacrifice, support and the negotiation of arrangements. All three…
Descriptors: Coping, Part Time Students, Social Life, Self Motivation
Ribisl, Kurt M.; Steckler, Allan; Linnan, Laura; Patterson, Carol C.; Pevzner, Eric S.; Markatos, Elizabeth; Goldstein, Adam O.; McGloin, Tim; Peterson, Arlana Bobo – Health Education & Behavior, 2004
This article describes the North Carolina Youth Empowerment Study (NCYES), a 3-year participatory evaluation of youth programs addressing tobacco use prevention. The study goals of NCYES were to (1) convene an advisory board comprised of lay youths and adults in a participatory research process, (2) document the characteristics of youth programs…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Youth Programs, Advisory Committees, Smoking
Nelson, Geoffrey; Ochocka, Joanna; Janzen, Rich; Trainor, John – Journal of Community Psychology, 2006
Mental health consumer-run organizations are alternatives to mainstream mental health services, and they have the dual focus of supporting members and creating systems change. The existing literature suggests that these organizations have beneficial impacts on social support, community integration, personal empowerment, subjective quality of life,…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Health Services, Community Organizations, Self Help Programs
Taylor, Peter Charles – 1997
This paper examines research in science education, making a case for the interpretive researcher to value both reason and emotion for generating a reflective and reflexive understanding of the classroom experiences of teachers and students. It discusses the role of rationality and emotions in fieldwork, and presents two impressionistic…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Educational Attitudes, Educational Research
McLean, James E. – 1995
This book offers guidelines for action research, a process in which teachers experiment with various strategies at the classroom level. Action research is the process of systematically evaluating the consequences of educational decisions and adjusting practices to maximize effectiveness. Essentially the examination of one's own practice, it…
Descriptors: Action Research, Computer Software, Data Interpretation, Database Management Systems