Other Handouts for Meeting One
Participants in the Virginia Adult Education Research Network received the following
documents:
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Cockley, S. (1993). The Adult Educator’s Guide to Practitioner Research.
Dayton, VA: The Virginia Adult Education Research Network. ERIC Document
ED362713. This guide is written in three parts: an introduction to practitioner
research, a list of the stages or steps found in most research projects along with
suggestions for each, and a series of case studies illustrating the stages discussed
in the previous section. http://www.vcu.edu/aelweb/
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Drennon, C.E. (1994). Adult Literacy Practitioners as Researchers, ERIC Digest
Report No. EDO-LE-94-03. Washington, DC: National Clearinghouse for ESL
Literacy Education. This digest examines thinking that underlies practitioner
inquiry, explains the phases of an inquiry process, and gives examples of projects.
The report also identifies concerns with the approach and suggests changes that
must take place for inquiry to be viably implemented as a staff development
process. http://www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed372663.html.
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Focus on Basics, Volume 1, Issue A, February (1997). Knowing, Learning,
Doing: Participatory Action Research by Juliet Merrifield discusses the
advantages and disadvantages of Participatory Action Research (PAR) to
traditional research, and gives examples of how PAR has been put into action.
http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~ncsall/fob/1997/merrif.htm
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Focus on Basics, Volume 1, Issue A, February (1997). On Reading Teacher
Research by Susan Lytle is about her experiences with reading teacher research
and discusses how a majority of teacher research, in some way or another, shares
a common purpose—to improve practice and thus, students' learning and life
chances.http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~ncsall/fob/1997/lytle.htm
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Focus on Basics, Volume 1, Issue A, February (1997). Research With Words by
Glynda Hull examines the nature of qualitative research and how it can inspire
teachers to action -- to teach better, to imagine more helpful research and to do
whatever is possible to make our classrooms and institutions more responsive.
http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~ncsall/fob/1997/hull.htm
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The Virginia Adult Education Research Network: Practitioner Research Briefs,
1999-2000 Report Series, or the 1998-1999 Report Series. Through these brief
reports, which they wrote, practitioner researchers share their experiences and
contribute their knowledge to other adult literacy educators.
http://www.vcu.edu/aelweb/vaern.html