Patrick J. M. Costello is Professor of Primary Education and Deputy Director (Research) of the Centre for Pedagogical Research and Scholarship, Glyndwr University, UK.

Reading Effective Action Research is like having a good tutor at your side as you move through each step of your project. Like a good tutor, Costello does not provide all the answers for you, but rather asks you to think for yourself using a series of Reflection Exercises. He then points you to possible solutions, his own and those of other experts in the field.

• Acknowledgements Introduction 1. What is Action Research? 2. Why Undertake Action Research? 3. How Do I Develop an Action Research Project? 4. How Do I Collect Action Research Data? 5. How Do I Analyse Action Research Data? 6. How Do I Produce an Action Research Report? 7. How Will My Action Research Report be Assessed? 8. How Do I Publish My Action Research Report? 9. Recommended Further Reading 10. Endnote: The Theory and Practice of Action Research Bibliography Index