{"product_id":"collaborative-action-research-developing-professional-learning-communities-9780807748985","title":"Collaborative Action Research: Developing Professional Learning Communities","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Stephen P. Gordon\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Teachers College Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Teachers College Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Research\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis timely book describes the work of the School Improvement Network, a partnership in which university professors and graduate students collaborated with K-12 school leaders and teachers to design, implement, and assess schoolwide action research projects focused on long-term school improvement. Presenting a comprehensive model, this resource can be used as an orientation to what action research is all about and as a map to guide participants through the process of action research. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescribing the role of both the university and the school, this book: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExplores critical aspects of collaborative action, including establishing relationships, using critical friends, developing leadership teams, readiness, organization, and implementation. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProvides lessons learned from successful and unsuccessful programs, to show schools what to do and what to avoid. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExamines schools in Texas that have used action research to improve student achievement within a standards-based environment.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003eMichael Boone, Barbara Davis, Julie Diehl, Iris Escand�n, Miguel A. Guajardo, Marla W. McGhee, Sarah W. Nelson, Jane Ross, Charles L. Slater, John Smyth, and Suzanne M. Stiegelbauer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Teachers College Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46885946359959,"sku":"9780807748985","price":2655.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780807748985.webp?v=1770249653","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/collaborative-action-research-developing-professional-learning-communities-9780807748985","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}