When Research Becomes Learning: Collaborative Action as a Practical Method for Improving Education

The book contains five chapters, of which three present studies performed in preschools, using Collaborative Action Research. Two of the studies aimed to enhance children's imagination and narrative capacity through sociodramatic play, while the third focused on improving their story comprehension and self-directed learning by fostering metacognitive questioning. The fourth chapter was also conducted through Collaborative Action Research, in collaboration with the staff of Bar Ilan's Teacher Education Department, to enhance their teaching and improve the organization. The extra fifth chapter presents a unique approach to evaluation that may be applied across all educational contexts. This approach is based on my book, published in Hebrew, that contains many real-life examples. This book is based on previous publications, with their citations presented on the last page.