Moravian University is a recognized international leader in teacher action research and one of only two institutions of higher learning in the United States to belong to the European-based Collaborative Action Research Network, with partner universities around the world including Cambridge, Utrecht, and the University of Waikato. Moravian University, along with Notre Dame, Pepperdine, and others, is a founding member of the Action Research Network of the Americas, which is committed to supporting practitioner inquiry in educational settings. Our extensive partnerships provide additional opportunities for teacher education students to present their research at partner colleges and universities around the world and also enable Moravian University to bring nationally and internationally recognized teacher education scholars to campus.
Moravian University's graduate teacher action research studies from one of the largest repositories of publicly accessible teacher research in the world and may be accessed in Reeves Library or electronically, here.
A sampling of publications about action research at Moravian University are listed below.
Rowell, L.L., & Shosh, J. eds. (2016). Action Research Networks: Prospects and Challenges of Greater Global Connectivity Special Issue. Educational Action Research 24(1).
Shosh, J.M. (2016). Constructing Comenian third spaces for action research in graduate teacher education. In J. McNiff (Ed.), Values and virtues in higher education: Critical perspectives (pp. 141-154). New York: Routledge. https://www.amazon.com/Values-Virtues-Higher-Education-Research/dp/1138916811
Shosh, J.M. (2016). Toward the construction of a knowledge base on teaching and learning by and for teachers and learners. In L.L. Rowell, C.D. Bruce, J.M. Shosh, & M.M. Riel (Eds.), Palgrave international handbook of action research. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. https://www.amazon.com/Palgrave-International-Handbook-Action-Research/dp/1137441089/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469538187&sr=8-1&keywords=palgrave+international+handbook+of+action+research
Rowell, L.L., Bruce, C.D., Shosh, J.M., & Riel, M.M. (2016). Palgrave international handbook of action research. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. https://inthandbookactionresearch.wordpress.com/
Shosh, J.M., & McAteer, M. (2016). The CARN/ARNA inaugural Study Day inquiry: what happens to action research after the master’s degree? Educational Action Research 24(1), 4–20
Shosh, J.M., & Bruce, C. (2015). Reflections on the 2014 Action Research Network of the Americas (ARNA) Conference: Enacting Our Beliefs. In E. Polush, T. Flynn, J. Hill, H. Leaman, & J Martinez (Eds.). Proceedings of the 2014 conference of the Action Research Network of the Americas (ARNA). Bethlehem, USA: ARNA.
Shosh, J.M. (2013). Re-articulating the values and virtues of Moravian action research. In J. McNiff (Ed.), Value and virtue in practice-based research (pp. 107-123). Poole: September Books.
Shosh, J.M. (2012). How teachers define and enact reflective practice: It’s all in the action, Action Researcher in Education 3(1), 104-119.
Shosh, J.M., & Zales, C.R. (2007). Graduate teacher education as inquiry: A case study of the Moravian M.Ed. model for professional development. Teaching Education 18(3), 257-275.
Shosh, J.M., & Zales, C.R. (2005). Daring to teach writing authentically K-12 and beyond. English Journal 95(2), 77-81.