Synopsis
Teachers shape learning experiences, facing complex classroom challenges that require thoughtful solutions. One effective way educators address these challenges is by examining their own teaching practices and student outcomes. Through action research, educators become active investigators in their classrooms, identifying problems, implementing strategies, and evaluating the results to improve learning. This reflective and evidence-based approach allows teachers to refine their methods, respond to student needs more effectively, and contribute to professional knowledge in their schools. By exploring real-world case studies and practical applications, action research demonstrates how educators can take ownership of improvement efforts and create meaningful, sustainable changes in their teaching and their students' success. Innovative Teaching Through Action Research: International Case Studies and Practical Applications explores action research as a tool for professional growth, instructional improvement, and student success. It provides various approaches to conduct action research in educational settings, equipping educators with the skills to critically analyze their teaching practices, identify challenges, and implement data-driven solutions. This book covers topics such as data science, instructional design, and professional development, and is a useful resource for educators, academicians, researchers, and scientists.
About the Author
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.
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