Table of Contents

PART ONE: LEARNING ABOUT EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
The Professional Teacher and Educational Research
What Is This Thing Called Educational Research?
How Do Educational Researchers Think about Their Research?
What Strategies Do Educational Researchers Use?
How Can Teachers Research Their Own Classrooms?
PART TWO: LEARNING FROM EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Teachers Evaluating Research Quality
Teachers Evaluating Research Relevance
PART THREE: LEARNING THROUGH EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Teachers Planning Research
Teachers Prioritizing the Ethical Imperative in Classroom Research
Teachers Collecting Evidence through Research
Teachers Interrogating the Evidence from Classroom Studies
Teachers Making the Case through Reporting Research

About the Author

Dr. Keith S. Taber is Reader in Science Education at the University of Cambridge. He is Chair of Dr Keith S. Taber is Reader in Science Education at the University of Cambridge, Chair of the Science, Technology & Mathematics Academic Group in the Faculty of Education, and editor of the journal Chemistry Education Research and Practice (published by the Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC). He is on editorial / advisory / review boards for a range of journals and he is the book reviews editor for Studies in Science Education. He was the RSC Teacher Fellow for 2000-2001.