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Working with Parents and Families of Children with Disabilities
PARENTS AND PROFESSIONALS PARTNERING FOR CHILDREN WITH
DISABILITIES: A Dance That Matters REVISED
Janice M. Fialka, Michigan Part C of IDEA, Early On* Training and Technical Assistance • Arlene K. Feldman,
SUNY New Paltz • Karen C. Mikus, Michigan Dept. of Education
The authors draw upon their years of experience as consultants, trainers, and parents to outline a developmental
approach to helping teachers of children with special needs improve their working relationship with parents.
CONTENTS 1. The Dance Toward Partnership / 2. Listening to the Hidden Lyrics: Tuning Into Your Partner / 3. The Dance Manual: Essential Steps
to Keep Dancing / 4. When the Dance Is Complicated / 5. You've Got Mail: Messages to Strengthen the Partnership
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4129-6639-9 • ©2012 • 176 PAGES • • CORWIN
Research Methods in Education
UPDATED EDITION OF BESTSELLER
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches
FIFTH EDITION
R. Burke Johnson, University of South Alabama • Larry Christensen, University of South Alabama
Assuming no prior knowledge, this comprehensive and friendly introductory research methods textbook gives upper-
level undergraduate and graduate students an understanding of the multiple research methods and strategies—
including qualitative, quantitative, and action research, as well as mixed methods inquiry—used in education and
related fi elds. Authors Burke Johnson and Larry Christensen expertly teach students how to: read and critically evaluate
published research; write a proposal, construct a questionnaire, and conduct an empirical research study on their own;
and ultimately write up their results in a research report using APA style.
CONTENTS PART I: INTRODUCTION / PART II: PLANNING THE RESEARCH STUDY / PART III: FOUNDATIONS OF RESEARCH / PART IV: SELECTING A
RESEARCH METHOD / SECTION A: QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS: FIVE MAJOR APPROACHES / SECTION B: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS:
SIX MAJOR APPROACHES / SECTION C: MIXED METHODS RESEARCH: MANY POSSIBILITIES / PART V: ANALYZING THE DATA / PART VI: WRITING THE
RESEARCH REPORT
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4522-4440-2 • ©2014 •744 PAGES • • • SAGE
THE REFLECTIVE EDUCATOR'S GUIDE TO CLASSROOM RESEARCH: Learning
to Teach and Teaching to Learn Through Practitioner Inquiry THIRD EDITION
Nancy Fichtman Dana, University of Florida, Gainesviller • Diane Yendol-Hoppey , University of South Florida
Action research is focused on the concerns of teachers and engages teachers in the design, data collection, and
interpretation of data around an important question or "problem of practice". The best-selling Refl ective Educator's
Guide to Classroom Research has been used both as a required text in Masters degree programs and in professional
learning. Those who have used previous editions of the book have been impressed by its clear, step-by-step
description of the classroom research process, it's authenticity—as evidenced by the use of actual teacher voices and
real-life examples, it's advocacy of collaborative teacher inquiry, and inviting style..
CONTENTS 1. Teacher Inquiry Defi ned / 2. The Start of Your Journey: Finding a Wondering / 3. To Collaborate or Not to Collaborate: That Is the
Question! / 4. Developing a Research Plan: Making Inquiry a Part of Your Teaching Practice / 5. Considering the Ethical Dimensions of Your Work
as an Inquirer / 6. Finding Your Findings: Data Analysis / 7. Extending Your Learning: The Inquiry Write-Up / 8. Becoming the Best Teacher and
Researcher You Can Be: Assessing the Quality of Your Own and Others' Inquiry / 9. The Start at the End of Your Journey: Making Your Inquiry Public
PAPERBACK ISBN: 978-1-4833-3198-0• MAY 2014• 320 PAGES • • CORWIN
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