8 Suicide Is (Never) Painless

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables and Figures ix
4. Changing Subjects of Action Research xi
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. Introduction 3
7. The Historical Roots of Action Research in Canada
8. The Uncertain World of Adult Literacy 16
9. Learning to Talk (Dialogically) at School 33
10. Looking Back and Looking Forward 48
11. Roots and Wings 77
12. The Individual and Action Research
13. Teachers as Researchers and Research Users 99
14. Action Research by a Classroom Teacher 112
15. Grassroots, Pioneers, Indigenization, and More 123
16. Suicide Is (Never) Painless 141
17. Small and Large Group Reporting/ Collaborations
18. Emotional Labour in Collaborative Action Research 158
19. Teacher Candidates' Relationships to Knowledge and to Their Practices for Critical and Activist STSE Education 171
20. The Role of Action Research Tools in Facilitating Teacher Professional Learning 205
21. Leadership Development through Action Research 211
22. Mathematics and Collaborative Action Research 232
23. Participatory Action Research
24. Performing Participatory Action Research 253
25. Ethics and Politics in Participatory Action Research with Youth in Education Contexts 271
26. Challenges to Equity-Based Teacher Education Initiatives 288
27. PAR at the Crossroads 305
28. Conclusion 319
29. Contributors 323
30. Index 335