Reflecting Where the Action Is

Provides an overview of the author's career and contextualizes his selection. This book brings together sixteen of his key writings, drawn together to show the development of his important ideas and theories. It is a resource for researchers, academics and students who wants a introduction to educational theory and an overview of his key ideas.
John Elliott has been a leading researcher, writer and thinker in education for thirty years, and has contributed over twenty books and five hundred articles to the field. This book brings together sixteen of his key writings, drawn together to show the development of his most important ideas and theories and to celebrate his career to date.

Starting with a specially written introduction, John Elliott gives an overview of his career and contextualises his selection. The chapters cover:

rethinking educational research
doing classroom action research
pedagogy as form of action research
the challenge of action research.

This book forms a single easy-access resource for researchers, academics and students who want a introduction to educational theory and an overview of John Elliott's key ideas.