doing action research as part of practice

1. doing action research as part of practice Zoè Williamson University of Edinburgh zoe.williamson@ed.ac.uk

2. action research practitioner enquiry teacher research Self-study practitioner research Professional enquiry

3. Purpose Process Product

4. accept, improve, effective, test ‘what works’ A ‘good’ teacher – according to who? For what purpose? Question, problematise and challenge Way of being a teacher Practitioner as knower and agent for educational and social change The importance of the unique and particular Inquiry as stance Blurred boundaries between enquiry/research and practice

5. 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 Process

6. 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…