Knowledge Quest on the Web:
January/February 2001
Special content referenced in the feature article
"Building Information Literacy through a Whole School Reform Approach" (p. 20-24)
exclusively on the KQWeb
Action Research Webliography
Compiled by Lesley Farmer
Classic article: Johnson, Beverly. "Teacher-As-Researcher." ERIC Digest (March 1993).
www.ed.gov/databases/ERIC_Digests/ed355205.html
ERIC online library of articles on action research
http://ericae.net/lib/rese1.htm
North Central Regional Educational Laboratory Action Research Links
www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/drugfree/sa3act.htm
Participatory Action Research Organization
www.parnet.org/home.cfm
Online Action Research assistance
www.casas.org
Click "Research & Development" button in top frame, then click "OAR - Online Action Research (Home)" in lefthand frame. Beware: this sites disables your browser's "Back" button.
University of Colorado at Denver School of Education Action Research links
http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc/act_res.html
References on action research (mainly print sources)
www.misq.org/misqd961/isworld/action.htm
Note: Much of action research study is being done abroad in English-speaking countries outside the U.S. Here are some leading sites:
Action research resources out of Australia (including an international action research journal)
www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/arhome.html
Educational action research links out of Great Britain
www.triangle.co.uk/ear
Lesley Farmer coordinates the Library Media Teacher Services Credential Program at California State University Long Beach. At the time of the action research project, which she co-chaired, she was the Library Media Teacher at Redwood High School in Larkspur, Calif.
© 2001 Lesley Farmer
Copyright © 2001 American Association of School Librarians, a division of the American Library Association.
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