BERA Guide to Practitioner Research

Kate Mawson is an experienced practitioner-researcher, leading initiatives in Higher Education. Her research interests include practitioner research methodologies, assessment and feedback, as well as leadership and gender issues in HE.Claire Haresnape Tyson is a teacher researcher based at Homewood School and Sixth Form Centre, where she combines teaching science and the extended project qualification with her research role.Thomas Perry is an Associate Professor at the Department of Education Studies at the University of Warwick. His research and teaching focus on how research, evidence and data can improve education policy and practice.Joyce I-Hui Chen works at the College of West Anglia in England and her role includes professional development and teacher education, organisational development, and quality improvement.

• Introduction and Editorial Perspective on Practitioner Research; Thomas Perry and Claire Haresnape TysonIntroduction to Section 1: The Field of Practitioner Research and Worldviews; Thomas Perry and Claire Haresnape TysonChapter 1. Practitioner Research in Education: Philosophical Foundations, Contextual Applications, and Policy Implications; Holly HeshmatiChapter 2. Practitioner Research in Initial Teacher Education; Vicky ChristoforatouChapter 3. Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Research-Practice Links in Education for a Research-Informed Future; Adriane MartiniIntroduction to Section 2: Power, Positionality, and Identity in Practitioner Research; Kate MawsonChapter 4. Empowering a Research-Engaged Profession; Rachel Marsden and Gillian PeiserChapter 5. The Cyclical Nature of Being Both ‘Practitioner’ and ‘Researcher’ and the Influence on Professional Development Design; Rebekah Gear and Tazreen Kassim-LoweChapter 6. Three Lecturers, Three Universities, Three Countries: Can Facilitating Connecting Art Workshops in International Educational Contexts Create Connection and Criticality?; Frances-Ann NortonChapter 7. Researching on the Inside Looking In: Navigating Issues of Power in Conducting Practitioner Research Projects; Sarah Peters and Joyce I-Hui ChenChapter 8. Teachers Teaching Teachers; Sylvia IkomiIntroduction to Section 3: Professional Learning and Sharing Skills; Joyce I-Hui ChenChapter 9. The Journey towards a Whole-School Culture of Teachers as Researchers: Reflections from a State-Maintained School for Students with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities; Hannah Lovatt and Gina StaffordChapter 10. Developing Research-Informed Trainee Teachers; Elizabeth HidsonChapter 11. Disrupting to Develop; Debbie Bogard, Freya Cox-Willmott, and Neil HartChapter 12. Developing Professional Knowledge as a Consortium - Moving from ‘I’ to ‘We’; Claire Haresnape Tyson, Matthew J. Easterbrook, Lewis Doyle, Alison Glover, Elizabeth Hidson, and Thomas PerryChapter 13. An Insider Perspective: Exploring Teachers’ Engagement with Professional Development in Cooperation with Practitioner Co-Researchers; Marianne TalbotChapter 14. The Research-Engaged Practitioner: The Importance of Research Literacy and Critical Reflection for the Novice Teacher’s Professional Learning; Leanne Henderson, Danyah Alsayeud, and Ian CollenIntroduction to Section 4: Research Knowledge, Quality, and Ethics in Practitioner Research; Kate MawsonChapter 15. How the Quality of Research and Research Partnerships (Practitioner Researcher) can be Enhanced by Using Critical Theory as a Framework; Kate Newby, Matthew Lee, and Amanda LeeChapter 16. Unpacking and Underpinning the Ethical Conduct and Sharing of Practitioner Research; Alison Twiner, Patrick Carmichael, Pete Dudley, Sara Hennessy, and Ying JiChapter 17. Exploratory Practice: What about the Learners?; Rachel BateChapter 18. Managing Ethical Dilemmas with the Dual Identity of Practitioner and Researcher; John ParkinChapter 19. Dialogical Knowledge Curation in Education: Integrating Research and Practice in North East Wales; Tomos G. ap Sion, Lisa Formby, Sue Horder, and Karen Rhys JonesChapter 20. Reflections and Future Directions in Practitioner Research; Kate Mawson, Thomas Perry, Claire Haresnape Tyson, and Joyce I-Hui Chen