Action Research for Professional Learning and Educational Programs: International Case Studies

Action research is a practical approach to improving educational practices and professional development across diverse international contexts. It enables educators and practitioners to identify challenges, implement interventions, and evaluate outcomes through reflection and improvement. Examining global case studies highlights how cultural, social, and institutional factors influence the application and effectiveness of action research. International examples provide valuable insights into innovative strategies for enhancing teaching quality, student learning, and educational program effectiveness. Further exploration may reveal the role of action research in fostering evidence-based decision-making and global educational improvement. Action Research for Professional Learning and Educational Programs: International Case Studies explores how action research supports professional learning and the improvement of educational programs through systematic inquiry, reflection, and evidence-based practice. It examines international case studies to understand how educators and institutions in different cultural and educational contexts use action research to address challenges, enhance teaching effectiveness, and improve student outcomes. This book covers topics such as teacher education, curriculum development, and data literacy, and is a useful resource for educators, policymakers, academicians, researchers, and scientists.

Marius Boboc is a Professor of Education at Cleveland State University (CSU) in Cleveland, OH. Marius earned his M.A. in Teacher Leadership from Roosevelt University in Chicago, and his Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. His work experience at CSU includes being the Director of the Office of Student Learning Assessment, serving as chair of the Department of Curriculum and Foundations in the College of Education and Human Services, and, most recently, providing oversight to the Office of Academic Planning. In that capacity, he has managed strategic planning, student learning assessment, academic program review and institutional research and analysis, e-Learning, Instructional Technology and Distance Learning, space management, General Education as well as technology fee allocation, among other responsibilities. Marius' research interests relate to online instruction (ranging from design to implementation and evaluation), institutional effectiveness, assessment and accreditation in higher education, postmodern education, leadership in higher education, teacher preparation reform, adult learning, and change management in higher education. His work has been published as books by Palgrave Macmillan, Sage Publications, IGI Global, Information Age Publishing, and Cengage Learning, as book chapters by Information Age Publishing and IGI Global, in journal articles in Brock Education Journal, TechTrends, International Journal of Learning and Development, International Journal of Education, Journal of Engaged Learning, Academic Exchange Quarterly, Electronic Journal of eLearning, Science Scope, and the Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, as well as book reviews by Teachers College Record. Research currently under contract by Sense Publishers focuses on the use of assessment data to inform curriculum development in higher education, as well as postmodernism in education, both representing book expected to be in print by the end of 2023. His numerous peer-reviewed international and national conference presentations support the same scholarship agenda.