Reflective Educator's Guide To Classroom Research

This how-to guide to classroom inquiry takes educators through the process of classroom research step by step and answers questions on developing the research plan, collecting and analyzing data, and writing and publishing results. Teachers, teacher trainers, teacher educators, and professional development schools will find the book useful. Dana teaches education at Pennsylvania State University and Yendol-Silva teaches education at the University of Florida. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Nancy Fichtman Dana is currently a professor of education and the director of the Center for School Improvement at the University of Florida. Under her direction, the Center promotes and supports practitioner inquiry (action research) as a core mechanism for school improvement in schools throughout the state. She began her career in education as an elementary school teacher in Hannibal Central Schools, New York, and has worked closely with teachers and administrators on action research, building professional learning communities, and school-university collaborations in Florida and Pennsylvania since 1990. She has authored numerous articles in professional journals focused on teacher inquiry, as well as a best-selling book (with Diane Yendol-Hoppey) on the action research process from Corwin Press (The Reflective Educator's Guide to Classroom Research).