Books Part of series: The ½¿É«µ¼º½ Guides: Critical Insights into Educational Research and Practice
Developing Professional Knowledge in Educational Research and Practice
Practitioner research offers a distinctive platform for educators to develop and share their professional expertise. It is the only approach that fully recognises the vital role practitioners play in generating and applying new knowledge in education.
The ½¿É«µ¼º½ Guide to Practitioner ResearchÌýis a companion guide for those who see themselves as practitioner researchers or those who are interested in becoming practitioner researchers within educational settings. Chapters highlights the considerations for understanding and engaging in practitioner research by drawing upon a range of case studies that exemplify the varied forms practitioner research can take, the influence it can have, and the subsequent questions it may raise for how we understand research and the role and relationship between teachers and higher education.
Grounded in concrete examples of the characteristics and possibilities of educational practitioner research,ÌýThe ½¿É«µ¼º½ Guide to Practitioner ResearchÌýusefully illustrates the characteristics, principles, strategies, and challenges by presenting a range of real-world examples of practitioner research projects and reveals the variety of practitioner researcher roles and projects, promoting the voices of practitioner researchers in their educational settings.
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Principal Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University
Dr Kate Mawson has significant teaching experience across a range of institutions and has worked in Secondary and Higher Education institutions since 2002. Kate is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Founding Fellow of the...
Teacher Researcher at Homewood School & Sixth Form Centre
Claire Tyson is a teacher researcher based at Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre, where she combines teaching science with her research post. Her PhD was obtained by studying part time with Queen Mary, University of London in Clinical...
Reader at University of Warwick
Dr Thomas Perry is a social scientist, education researcher and educator. He works at the intersection of research, policy and practice, with a focus on generating and applying robust social science evidence to address real-world challenges in...
Further Education Quality Enhancement Manager and Teacher Education Lecturer at The College of West Anglia
Dr Joyce I-Hui Chen is Quality Enhancement Manager and Centre Manager for Initial Teacher Education. She has been working in different educational sectors for more than 20 years in Taiwan and in the United Kingdom (UK), from primary education to...