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Employing Self-Study Research Across the Curriculum: Theory, Practice, and Exemplars

Employing Self-Study Research Across the Curriculum: Theory, Practice, and Exemplars

Jane McIntosh Cooper, Gayle A. Curtis
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 27
ISBN13: 9781799888482|ISBN10: 1799888487|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799888499|EISBN13: 9781799888505
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8848-2.ch008
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Cooper, Jane McIntosh, and Gayle A. Curtis. "Employing Self-Study Research Across the Curriculum: Theory, Practice, and Exemplars." Conceptual Analyses of Curriculum Inquiry Methodologies, edited by Sandy White Watson, et al., IGI Global, 2022, pp. 155-181. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8848-2.ch008

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Cooper, J. M. & Curtis, G. A. (2022). Employing Self-Study Research Across the Curriculum: Theory, Practice, and Exemplars. In S. Watson, S. Austin, & J. Bell (Eds.), Conceptual Analyses of Curriculum Inquiry Methodologies (pp. 155-181). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8848-2.ch008

Chicago

Cooper, Jane McIntosh, and Gayle A. Curtis. "Employing Self-Study Research Across the Curriculum: Theory, Practice, and Exemplars." In Conceptual Analyses of Curriculum Inquiry Methodologies, edited by Sandy White Watson, Stacie Austin, and Jeremy Bell, 155-181. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8848-2.ch008

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Abstract

Self-study is a research methodology focused on improvement of teacher education practice and exploring personal, practical, and professional transformation by the practitioner. Utilizing many qualitative methods, this interactive and often collaborative form of inquiry is well suited to study curriculum, considered broadly, as both the written and enacted, and all impacts of this curriculum. This chapter discusses the use of self-study in teachers' inquiries into curriculum. It presents the background and theoretical underpinnings of self-study research showing how this research genre emerged out of teacher practice and is rooted in the notion of teacher as curriculum maker. Guidance for forming research design is outlined, as well as various questions and topics for which self-study of curricula is well suited. Specific examples are expanded to include rationales for methodological choices and demonstrate how this research has been carried out in real-life practical situations.

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