Book review: Action research for the classroom: a guide to values-based research in practice

Boyd, Pete ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2234-3595 (2025) Book review: Action research for the classroom: a guide to values-based research in practice. Educational Journal of Living Theories, 18 (1). pp. 21-22.

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Abstract

Pete Boyd, Emeritus Professor University of Cumbria and Visiting Professor University of Hertfordshire, reviews the book 'Action research for the classroom: a guide to values-based research in practice' (Glenn, M., Sullivan, B., Roche, M. & McDonagh, C., 2023, Routledge, ISBN 9781032264134).

This excellent book provides a practical guide for teachers and school leaders interested in pursuing professional inquiry or action research within their classrooms and schools. The distinctive feature and great strength of this practical guide is captured within its subtitle by the term ‘values-based research’. Previous practical guides have provided step-by-step support for teachers with their Action Research projects, some educational research books have proposed a focus on social justice, and other texts for teacher-researchers have proposed a valuesbased approach to research. However, this book provides particularly clear explanations, backed up with concrete examples, of how a teacher-researcher can integrate their professional values into an Action Research project. The book also provides a rationale for why this is an important challenge and how it can help a teacher to improve their professional, values-led practice as an educator.

Item Type:	Article
Journal / Publication Title:	Educational Journal of Living Theories
Publisher:	EJOLTS
ISSN:	2009-1788
Departments:	Institute of Education > Non-Initial Teacher Education Learning Education and Development (LED)
Additional Information:	Pete Boyd, Professor Emeritus of Professional Learning, University of Cumbria, UK. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Date Deposited:	04 Mar 2025 09:26
Last Modified:	06 Mar 2025 14:20
URI:	https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/8666

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