ACCOUNTING FOR OURSELVES IN IMPROVING OUR PRACTITIONER RESEARCH AND GENERATING KNOWLEDGE. A POSTER FOR THE BERA PRACTITIONER-RESEARCHER DAY 6 SEPTEMBER 2008

What is a Living Educational Theory Approach to Action Research and a Human Existence in enquiries of the kind, 'How do I improve what I am doing?'

Creating a Profession of Master and Doctor Educators in our Workplaces

In a living educational theory approach to practitioner research and a human existence, individuals hold their lives to account by producing explanations of their educational influences in their own learning in enquiries of the kind, 'How am I improving what I am doing?' They do this in contexts where they are seeking to live the values they use to give life meaning and purpose as fully as they can. The living educational theories of professional educators and other practitioner-researchers usually explain their educational influences in the learning of their students and can also explain their educational influences in the learning of social formations. See

www.bath.ac.uk/~edsajw/writings/livtheory.html

For beginning practitioner-researchers see the

ACTION PLANNING

and

see Jean McNiff's Action research for professional development: Concise advice for new action researchers a celebration of 21 years of collaboration with Jack Whitehead.

For tutors and practitioner-researchers on masters degree programmes with units on Educational Enquiries, Research Methods in Education, Understanding Learners and Learning and Gifts and Talents in Education. See also the

Master's Writings

For supervisors and practitioner-researchers on doctoral programmes. See also

Doctoral Writings

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