Archive 2008
| McNiff, J. | Editorial Foreword | 2008, 1(1) i-iv | |
| Bognar, B. & Zovko, M. | Pupils as action researchers: improving something important in our lives | 2008, 1(1) 1-49 |
Class teacher & post-graduate researcher in Croatia collaborating to improve opportunity for KS2 pupils to "participate in education of the highest quality" by teaching the children how to research to improve something they were doing that was important to them. Action Research; Pupils Action Researchers; Child-centred Education |
| Farren, M. | Co-creating an educational space | 2008, 1(1) 50-68 |
HE practitioner in Ireland researching her tutoring practitioner-researchers from a variety of workplace backgrounds, to provide an educational space where individuals can create knowledge in collaboration with others. Technology; e-Learning; Higher Education; Action Research; Pedagogy |
| Laidlaw, M. | In pursuit of counterpoint: an educational journey | 2008, 1(1) 69-102 |
HE practitioner in China researching to improve student learning by enabling individual and collective voices, improving practice and theory, and helping teachers understand their social and epistemological contexts. She develops the idea of 'counterpoint' as a way of describing and explaining the management of educational values in her practice and theorising. Counterpoint; Educational Values; Living Educational Theory; Living standards of judgement; Fragmentation and wholeness. |
| Whitehead, J. | Using a living theory methodology in improving practice and generating educational knowledge in living theories |
2008, 1(1) 102-126 |
The progenitor of Living Educational Theory Research introduces it as a methodology for improving practice and generating knowledge from questions of the kind ‘How do I improve what I am doing?’ that include flows of life affirming energy with values that carry hope for the future of Humanity. Living Theory; Action Research; Methodology; Standards of Judgment. |