ACTION LEARNING, ACTION RESEARCH AND REFLECTIVE PRACTICE BY PROFESSOR RON PASSFIELD.
doing action research as part of practice
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teacher research
practitioner enquiry
action research
Self-study
practitioner researchProfessional enquiry
Way of being a teacher
Inquiry as stance
Practitioner as knower and agent for educational and social change
Blurred boundaries between enquiry/research and practice
The importance of the unique and particular
A ‘good’ teacher – according to who? For what purpose?
accept, improve, effective, test ‘what works’
Question, problematise and challenge
Process
NOT doing traditional scientific research – action research is different
Making it work for you
Understanding what data is
Developing skills of analysis
Literature/theory as data too
Product
Sharing your research – with who, why and how?
Creating spaces for teachers to engage with research – own, others, published work
Sharing what – just ‘what works’ and the top tips or the research process, data, analysis, interpretation and discussion
Sharing how – most meaningful ways to share with peers, colleagues, local and wider audiences, pupils, parents…