Practitioner Research and Professional Development in Education

Anne is Professor of Professional Learning at Leeds Metropolitan University. Main teaching interests:Research methods in educationI am interested in supervising dissertations and theses in the areas of:initial teacher educationteacher professional learningmathematics educationprimary educationpedagogysocial justice and equity issues in education Currently he is the sole editor of the international Journal of Education for Teaching, a member of the board of Educational Philosophy and Theory, co-opted member of the Research Committee of the Universities Council for the Education of Teachers (having previously been the elected chair of UCET) and one of two UK representatives on the Japan/UK Education Forum. He is a member of the British Educational Research Association and the Standing Conference on Studies in Education. He is Professor Emeritus at Manchester Metropolitan University and holds visiting chairs at Hull, Roehampton and Plymouth Universities whilst acting as a consultant for a number of other UK and overseas universities as they develop their research profile.

• Research Traditions in EducationResearching Professional DevelopmentProfessional IdentityWho Am I? What Kind of Practitioner Am I?Identifying an Area for ResearchFinding, Reviewing and Managing LiteratureWhich Research Techniques to Use?Critical Friendship, Critical Community and CollaborationQualitative Data AnalysisQuantitative Data Management, Analysis and Presentation of Questionnaire SurveysWriting up, Reporting and Publishing Your ResearchEvaluating amd Disseminating ResearchResources for Research

A useful book for research design, especially the data analysis and report writing chapters.