Of Twirling Dervishes and Daring New Directions: Collaborative and Practitioner Research

Autor/in	English, Leona M.
Titel	Of Twirling Dervishes and Daring New Directions: Collaborative and Practitioner Research
Quelle	In: Religious Education, 101 (2006) 2, S.153-156 (4 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0034-4087
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Qualitative Research; Statistical Analysis; Religious Education; Periodicals; Educational Research; Teacher Researchers; Action Research; Adult Education; Research Methodology; Participatory Research; Research Needs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Qualitative Forschung; Statistische Analyse; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Lehrerforschung; Projektforschung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Forschungstätigkeit; Forschungsbedarf
Abstract	This article discusses the dearth of qualitative and quantitative research in "Religious Education." There is a growing concern in educational journals that the field must respond to the needs of practitioners and publish what has been called "really useful knowledge" (Johnson 1988, 21-22). In "Religious Education," 86.5% of the published articles are from faculty. In order to build up the number of practitioners who contribute, the author suggests to begin encouraging more practitioner research, possibly based in action research and its related methods such as participatory action research, action inquiry, and action reflection learning. A researcher in both adult education and religious education, the author suggests change in research directions and methods. Basing her comments on (a) her active participation in research and publication of adult education, and (b) her study of the contents and contributors to several religious education journals, she claims that each field can learn from the other, and offers suggestions for specific types of qualitative research approaches that can be used in "Religious Education." (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10