The International Research Foundation
for English Language Education
ACTION RESEARCH: SELECTED REFERENCES
(last updated 25 September 2016)
Allwright, D. (2005). Developing principles for practitioner research: The case of exploratory practice. Modern Language Journal, 89, 353–366.
Argyris, C., Putnam, R., & Smith, D. M. (1985). Action science: Concepts, methods, and skills for research and intervention. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Arias, R. (1995). The teacher as researcher: Action research revisited. College ESL, 5(1), 62-76.
Auerbach, E. (1994). Participatory action research. In A. Cumming, Alternatives in TESOL research: Descriptive, interpretive and ideological orientations. TESOL Quarterly, 28(4), 673–703.
Bailey, K. M. (1990). The use of journals in teacher education programs. In J.C. Richards and D. Nunan (Eds.), Second language teacher education (pp. 215-226). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Bailey, K. M. (2001). Action research, teacher research, and classroom research in language teaching. In M. Celce-Murcia (Ed.), Teaching English as a second or foreign language (3rd ed., pp. 489-498). Boston, MA: Heinle and Heinle.
Bailey, K. M. (2001). Twenty questions about action research. PASAA: A Journal of Language Teaching and Learning in Thailand, 32, 1-18.
Bailey, K. M. (2014). Classroom research, teacher research and action research in language teaching. In M. Celce-Murcia, D. Brinton, & M. A. Snow (Eds.), Teaching English as a second or foreign language (4th ed.) (pp. 601-612) Boston, MA: Heinle Cengage Learning.
Bailey, K. M., Curtis, A., & Nunan, D. (2001). Action research: In-class investigations. Pursuing professional development: The self as source (pp. 133-156). Boston, MA: Heinle and Heinle.
Baumfield, V., Halle, E., & Wall, K. (2008). Action research in the classroom. London, UK: Sage.
Borg, S. (2011). Doing action research in English language teaching: A guide for practitioners. English Language Teaching Journal. (65)4, 485-487.
Burns, A. (1995). Teacher-researchers: Perspectives on teacher action research and
curriculum renewal. In A. Burns & S. Hood (Eds.), Teachers voices: Exploring course design in a changing curriculum (pp. 3-29). Sydney, Australia: National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research, Macquarie University.
Burns, A. (1997). Valuing diversity: Action researching disparate learner groups. TESOL Journal, 7, 6-9.
Burns, A. (1998). Collaborative action research for English language teachers. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Burns, A. 2000. Participatory action research and ESL. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Burns, A. (2000). Facilitating collaborative action research: Some insights from the AMEP. Prospect: A Journal of Australian TESOL, 15, 23-34.
Burns, A. (2004). Action research. In E. Hinkel (Ed.), Handbook of research in second language teaching and learning (pp. 241–256). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Burns, A. (2009). Action research in second language teacher education. In A. Burns and J.C. Richards (Eds.), The Cambridge guide to second language teacher education (pp. 289-297). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Burns, A. (2010). Doing action research in English language teaching: A guide for practitioners. New York: Routledge.
Burns, A. (2011). Action research in the field of second language teaching and learning. In E. Hinkel (Ed.), Handbook of research in second language teaching and learning (pp. 237-257), New York, NY: Routledge.
Burns, A. (2013). Action research. In E. Hinkel (Ed.), Handbook of research in second language teaching and learning (pp. 241-256). New York, NY: Routledge.
Burns, A. (2013). Innovation through action research and teacher-initiated change. In K. Hyland & L. C. Wong (Eds.), Innovation and change in English language education (pp. 90-105). London, UK: Routledge.
Burns, A. (2015). Action research. In Paltridge, B., & Phakiti, A. (Eds.), Research methods in applied linguistic: A practical approach (pp. 187-204). New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic.
Burns, A., de Silva Joyce, H., & Hood, S. (Eds.). (1995). Exploring course design in a changing curriculum: Teachers’ voices 1. Sydney, Australia: National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research, Macquarie University.
Burns, A., de Silva Joyce, H., & Hood, S. (Eds.). (1997). Teaching disparate learner groups: Teachers’ voices 2. Sydney, Australia: National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research, Macquarie University.
Burns, A., de Silva Joyce, H., & Hood, S. (Eds.). (1999). Staying learner-centred in a competency-based curriculum: Teachers’ voices 4. Sydney, Australia: National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research, Macquarie University.
Burns, A., de Silva Joyce, H., & Hood, S. (Eds.). (1999). Teaching casual conversation: Teachers’ voices 6. Sydney, Australia: National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research, Macquarie University.
Burns, A., de Silva Joyce, H., & Hood, S. (Eds.). (1999). Teaching critical literacies: Teachers’ voices 3. Sydney, Australia: National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research, Macquarie University.
Burns, A., de Silva Joyce, H., & Hood, S. (Eds.). (2000). A new look at reading practices: Teachers’ voices 5. Sydney, Australia: National Centre for English Language Teaching and Research, Macquarie University.
Calhoun, E. F. (1993). Action research: Three approaches. Educational Leadership, 51, 62-65.
Calzoni, D. (2002). Action research & teacher development: How to make homework more motivating if we take care of the learners’ different learning styles. Perspectives, A Journal of TESOL-Italy, 29, 99-108.
Carr, W., & Kemmis, S. (1985). Becoming critical: Knowing through action research.
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Carr, W., & Kemmis, S. (1986). Becoming critical: Education, knowledge and action research. London, England: The Falmer Press.
Chamot, A. U. (1995). The teacher’s voice: Research in your classroom. ERIC/CLL News Bulletin, 19, 1, 5.
Chan, Y. H. (1996). Action research as professional development for ELT practitioners.
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Christison, M. A., & Bassano, S. (1995). Action research: Techniques for collecting data through surveys and interviews. The CATESOL Journal, 8, 89-103.
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Coles, P., & Quirke, P. (2001). Professional development through the action learning gateway. Thai TESOL Newsletter, 14, 14-20.
Collins Stiller, H., & Tezel, Z. (1999). Two action research projects. In J. Richards (Ed.), Language teaching awareness: A guide to exploring beliefs and practices (pp. 195-210). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Corey, S. (1953). Action research to improve school practice. New York, NY: Teachers College, Columbia University.
Crawford, K. (1995). What do Vygotskian approaches to psychology have to offer action research? Educational Action Research, 3, 239-247.
Crookes, G. (1993). Action research for second language teaching: Going beyond teacher Research. Applied Linguistics, 14, 130-142.
Crookes, G. (1998). On the relationship between second and foreign language teachers and research. TESOL Journal, 7, 6-11.
Crookes, G. (2005). Resources for incorporating action research as critique into applied linguistics graduate education. Modern Language Journal, 89(3), 467–475.
Curtis, A. (1998). Action research: What, how, and why. The English Connection. 3(1), 12-14
Curtis, A. (1999). Use of action research in exploring the use of spoken English in Hong Kong classrooms. In C. Y. Mee & N. S. Moi (Eds.), IDAC Monograph: Language instructional issues in the Asian classroom (pp. 75-88). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
Curtis, A. (2001). Hong Kong secondary school teachers’ first experiences of action research. The PAC Journal 1, 65-78.
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Dutertre, A. (2000). A teacher’s investigation of her own teaching. Applied Language Learning, 11(1), 99-122.
Edge, J. (Ed.). (2001). Action research: Case studies in TESOL practice. Alexandria, VA: TESOL.
El-Dib, M. A. B. (2007). Levels of reflection in action research: An overview and an assessment tool. Teaching and Teacher Education, 23(1), 24-35.
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Enright, L. (1981). The diary of a classroom. In J. Nixon (Ed.), A teacher's guide to action research: Evaluation, enquiry and development in the classroom (pp. 37-51). London, England: Grant McIntyre, Ltd.
Flamini, E., & Jimenez Raya, M. (2007). Action research: Professional development through enquiry. In M. Jimenez Raya & L. Sercu (Eds.), Challenges in teacher development: Learner autonomy and intercultural competence (pp. 105-124). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang.
Gebhard, J. (1999). Problem posing and solving with action research. In J. Richards (Ed.), Language teaching awareness: A guide to exploring beliefs and practices (pp. 59-77). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Gibbons, P. (2008). “It was taught good and I learned a lot”: Intellectual practices and ESL learners in the middle years. Australian Journal of Language and Literacy, 31, 155-173.
Glickman, C. D., Gordon, S. P., & Ross-Gordon, J. M. (1998). Action research: The school as the center of inquiry. In C. D. Glickman, S. P. Gordon, & J. M. Ross-Gordon (Eds.), Supervision of instruction: A developmental approach (pp. 407-429). Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon.
Goff, S. (1996). Experienced teachers and action research: A model for professional development. In G. Burnaford, J. Fisher, & D. Hobson (Eds.), Teachers doing research: Practical possibilities (pp. 155-162). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Gore, J., & Zeichner, K. (1991). Action research and reflective teaching in preservice teacher education: a case study from the United States. Teaching and Teacher Education, 7(2), 119-136.
Greenwood, D. J., & Levin, M. (1999). Introduction to action research: Democratizing the research process. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Guazzieri, A. V., & Turchi, P. (2002). Action research for a more conscious teaching/learning process. Perspectives, A Journal of TESOL-Italy, 29, 109-118.
Hadley, G. (Ed.) (2003). Action research in action. Singapore: SEAMEO Regional English Language Center.
Hustler, D., Cassidy, T., & Duff, T. (Eds.). (1986). Action research in classrooms and schools. London, England: Allen and Unwin.
Hutchinson, B., & Bryson, P. (1997). Video, reflection and transformation: Action research in vocational education and training in a European context. Educational Action Research, 5, 283-303.
Johnston, B. (2000). Investigating dialogue in language teacher education: The teacher educator as learner. In K.E. Johnson (Ed.), Teacher education (pp. 157-173). Alexandria, VA: TESOL.
Kebir, C. (1994). An action research look at the communication strategies of adult learners. TESOL Journal, 4(1), 28-31.
Kenmis, S. (1981). The action research reader. Victoria, Canada: Deakin University.
Kemmis, S. (1985). Action research and the politics of reflection. In D. Boud, R. Keogh, & D. Walker (Eds.), Reflection: Turning experience into learning (pp. 139-164). London, UK: Croom Helm.
Kemmis, S., & Henry, C. (1989). Action research. IATEFL Newsletter, 102, 2-3.
Kemmis, S., & McTaggart, R. (1982). The action research planner. Victoria, Canada: Deakin University.
Kemmis, S., & McTaggart, R. (1988). The action research planner (3rd ed.). Victoria, Canada: Deakin University.
Knezedvic, B. (2001). Action Research. IATEFL Teacher Development SIG Newsletter, 1, 10-12.
Knowles, T. (1990). Action research: A way to make our ideas matter. The Language Teacher, 14(7).
Kwan, T. Y. L. (1993). Contexts for action research development: The case for Hong Kong.
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Lucas, P. (1988). An approach to research based teacher education through collaborative inquiry. Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 14(1), 55-73.
McKernan, J. (1996). Curriculum action research: A handbook of methods and resources for the reflective practitioner. London: Kogan Page.
McLean, J. (1995). Improving education through action research: A guide for administrators and teachers. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press Inc.
McNiff, J. (1988). Action research: Principals and practice. London, UK: Macmillan.
McNiff, J., & Whithead, J. (2011). All you need to know about action research (2nd ed.). London, UK: Sage.
McPherson, P. (1997). Action research: Exploring learner diversity. Prospect: A Journal of Australian TESOL, 12(1), 50-62.
Mertler, C. A. (2009). Action research: Teachers as researchers in the classroom (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Michon'ska-Stadnik, A. (1997). Introduction. Action Research in the Lower Silesia Cluster Colleges: A special edition of Orbis Linguarum, 2, 7-9.
Michonska-Stadnik, A., & Szulc-Kurpaska, M. (Eds.). (1997). Action research in the lower Silesia cluster colleges: Developing learner independence. Orbis Linguarum, 2. Legnica, Poland: Nauczycielskie Kolegium Jezkw Obcych and the British Council.
Mingucci, M. (1999). Action research in ESL staff development. TESOL Matters, 9(2), 16.
Mochi, S. (2002). Defamiliarising teaching: Action-research as art. Perspectives, A Journal of TESOL-Italy, 29(1), 67-74.
Mok, A. (1997). Student empowerment in an English language enrichment programme: An action research project in Hong Kong. Educational Action Research, 5(2), 305-320.
Moreira, M. A., Vieira, F., & Marques, I. (1999). Pre-service teacher development through action research. The Language Teacher, 23(12), 15-18.
Murray, D. E. (2010). Learning by doing: The role of data collection in action research. In G. Park, H. P. Widodo, & A. Cirocki (Eds.), Observation of teaching: Bridging theory and practice through research on teaching (pp. 49-61). Munich: LINCOM EUROPA.
Nixon, J. (Ed.). (1981). A teacher’s guide to action research. London, England: Grant McIntyre.
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Nunan, D. (1989). Understanding language classrooms: A guide for teacher-initiated action. New York, NY: Prentice Hall
Nunan, D. (1990). Action research in the language classroom. In J. C. Richards & D. Nunan (Eds.), Second language teacher education (pp. 62-81). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.
Nunan, D. (1993). Action research in language education. In J. Edge & K. Richards (Eds.), Teachers develop teachers research: Papers on classroom research and teacher development (pp. 39-50). Oxford, England: Heinemann.
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Plastina, A. F. (2002). Defamiliarizing teaching: Action-research as art. Perspectives, A Journal of TESOL-Italy, 29, 67-74.
Plastina, A. F. (2002). Teacher reflection in L2 instructional action. Perspectives, A Journal of TESOL-Italy, 29(1), 47-66.
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Rainey, I. (2000). Action research and the English as a Foreign Language practitioner: Time to take stock. Educational Action Research, 8(10), 65-91.
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