research for practice
Action research: an introductory guide to the literature.
Building theory - the nature of theory and the process of analysis, integration and imagination.
Community profiling - we suggest some basic and quick steps you can take to gather information about about a particular neighbourhood in Britain or Northern Ireland.
Communities of practice - such communities provide a powerful set of reference points and processes for research and evaluation.
Evaluation - the theory and practice.
Keeping a journal: what does journal writing entail, what benefits can it bring, and how can we go about writing one?
Participant observation: the nature of participant observation, the roles researchers can take; and some classic problems - especially around questions of access and ethics.
Writing-up practitioner research in education: a guide.
Working with unattached youth (1967): reflections on Goetschius and Tash's classic study plus profiles of George Goetschius and M. Joan Tash.
