Participatory Action Research for Educational Leadership: Using Data-Driven Decision Making to Improve...

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E. Alana James Margaret T. Milenkiewicz

Participatory Action Research for Educational Leadership

Using Data-Driven Decision Making to Improve Schools

E. Alana James, Margaret T. Milenkiewicz, Alan J. Bucknam

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SAGE Publications Inc
01 January 2024

Social research & statistics; Schools

While written for mastersAE students in any Educational Leadership concentration, this is a core text for departments that teach action research as a primary research methodology or a supplemental text for those that place it in a range of research methods.

The book provides a readable overview of the PAR process similar to professional learning communities in schools. Its design reaches out to visual learners as graphic elements guide graduate students through the research methods they need to successfully complete rigorous projects.

The results of the original PAR study and continued work with educational leaders lead us to believe that this

approach ultimately produces the results school leaders seek and appreciate.

Key Features:

o Clear process through both the PAR steps employing a research logic model throughout.

This benefits the graduate student or educational leader by leading them to data driven outcomes that are valid, credible and reliableGraphic elements guide the reader through the process and aid the visual learner in keeping track of the concepts behind the theory.

o Reflective questions precede each section. This increases the reflective practices and routines of the reader as appropriate to the PAR process.

o Tasks, written for both groups and individuals, aid participatory teams in working towards consensus and strong research designs

o Practitioner stories make the lessons real and ease the emotional unease that come from tackling research practices the first time.

Intended Audience: This book represents the evolution of PAR from a soft science to a process appropriate for educators in todayAEs data driven environments or for graduate students whose thesis needs to pass the recommendations of professors steeped in positivist traditions.

By: E. Alana James, Margaret T. Milenkiewicz, Alan J. Bucknam
Imprint: SAGE Publications Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1
Dimensions: Height: 231mm, Width: 187mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 370g
ISBN: 9781412937771
ISBN 10: 1412937779
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 01 January 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Dr. E. Alana James, received her Ed.D. in educational leadership from Teachers College in 2005. Since then she has helped over 30 doctoral candidates in either educational leadership or business move through the process on to graduation. Working primarily as supervisor for a number of online for profit universities, but also sometimes in the role of committee member, she identified the key places and challenges that created extra stress and, unfortunately, sometimes breakdown. This book and her work developing DoctoralNet.com is in reaction to those difficulties and will, with adoption, increase graduation rates for those working towards a PhD or other type of doctoral degree. You can follow DoctoralNet on twitter, facebook or Google +. Dr James also specializes in action research and has used that transformative process throughout the development of the techniques and strategies outlined herein. Information about her other books can be found on the website for Sage Publishing. A believer in the doctoral process as a rite of passage that releases the greatest potential in life, she reinvented her own life to move half way around the world from where she began. Living in Ireland with her partner, their two dogs and a cat she authors nonfiction work on health and wellness on her personal website at ealanajames.com where you can connect with her as a writer, a consultant or speaker.