Part I: The Action Research Process

About This Book: Jackie Delong and Cheryl Black

Action Research for Professional Development: Jean McNiff (view at www.jeanmcniff.com)

Part II: Educational Change Fund Project

Diane Morgan: Educational Change Fund Project

Peggy Callaghan: How can I improve my practice in the use of a systematic phonics program to continue to provide stimulating opportunities for my experienced Senior Kindergarten children while keeping the Junior children engaged in the learning?

Kevin Haggith: Can reality-based programming be used to motivate students and parents to engage in the learning process thereby favourably affecting levels of achievement?

Anita Ricker: How can I more effectively teach my primary students to communicate their learning in math with greater confidence; namely to express that learning clearly, using pictures, numbers and words?

Sandie Fulford: How can I use electronic portfolios to create a reflective record of the highlights of my students' school year?

George Neeb: What can I do to improve students' reflective writing using electronic portfolios?

Sue Young: How can I help students to develop self-advocacy skills so their specific needs can be met or accommodated?

Jennifer Sztramko: How can I improve student learning through the implementation of several strategies related to reflective practice?

Julie White: How can I improve my math teaching practices and consequently my students ability to problem solve and communicate their learning in mathematics?

Part III: Learning Teams

Christine Stewart: Leading Learning Teams to Improve Teacher Practice --Learning With H.E.A.R.T.

Anne LaRoche: How do I effectively implement a Guided Reading programme in my classroom to improve individual student reading levels?

Marsha Lofthouse: How can I facilitate comunication between home and school by involving parents and children in home-based activities to further the success of my students?

Patricia Smith: How can I help parents to become knowledgeable and effective partners in their children's literacy development?

Jo-Ann Duns: How can I effectively implement Guided Reading into my classroom to increase individual reading levels?

Cheryl Lynn Boyko-Summerfield: How Do I Improve The Reading Levels Of All My JK/SK Students?

Part IV: Individual Projects

Deb Opersko: How Can I Increase Reading Ability Using Guided Reading Strategies?

Nancy Carroll: What can I do to help my students communicate better in math?

Janet Trull: The Parent Story

Jackie Delong and Heather Knill-Griesser: How do we integrate issues of power and ethics in valid explanations of our educative influence as a teacher-consultant and superintendent?

Cheryl Black: How can I improve my ability to balance my elementary school administrative role with my assigned teaching load to adequately meet the needs of other people as well as my own?