Includes bibliographical references.

Part 1: A general background to teacher research as practice 1. An introduction to teacher research 2. Teacher research as systematic inquiry 3. Formulating our research purposes: Problems, questions, aims and objectives 4. General approaches to teacher research 5. Informing the study: some key aspects of reviewing literature 6. Ethics and teacher research Part 2: Introduction to teacher research as document-based and quantitative investigation 7. An introduction to teacher research as document-based investigation 8. An introduction to teacher research as quantitative investigation Part 3: Teacher research as qualitative investigation 9. A background to data collection in qualitative teacher research 10. Collecting spoken data in qualitative teacher research 11. Collecting observed data in qualitative teacher research 12. Collecting written data in qualitative teacher research 13. Analyzing spoken data in qualitative teacher research 14. Analyzing observed data in qualitative teacher research 15. Analyzing written data in qualitative teacher research Part 4: Research quality and reporting 16. Quality and reporting in teacher research Bibliography.

This book provides a comprehensive and detailed approach to teacher research as systematic, methodical and informed practice. It identifies five requirements for all kinds of research, and provides clear and accessible guidelines for teachers to use in conducting their own classroom-based studies.