This book provides a comprehensive and detailed approach to teacher research as systematic, methodical and informed practice. It identifies five requirements for all kinds of research, and provides clear and accessible guidelines for teachers to use in conducting their own classroom-based studies.

Features:

• A clear definition of teacher research which insists on more than ‘stories’ and anecdotal ‘retrospectives’
• Innovative organisational structure based on the collection and analysis of spoken, written and observed data, with strong emphasis on the design of research projects
• Easy-to-use and widely applicable tools and techniques for collecting and analysing data in qualitative research

Colin Lankshear is Professor of Literacy and New Technologies at James Cook University, Australia, Visiting Scholar at McGill University, Canada, and an Adjunct Teacher at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.