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Author: maryroche

A personal response to news of Maxine Greene’s death

Maxine Greene December 23, 1917 – May 29, 2014 I was so very sad to learn that Maxine passed...
action research

Teachers taking control: a new vision for professional development

“challenge on and for individual teachers to take more personal responsibility as professionals, for undertaking the professional development they...
action research, reflective practice, research, self study, Self-evaluation, teacher CPD

Should philosophy be included in the curriculum?

Click to read Irish Times article Wed 19th Nov 2013 Say No to Groupthink by Joe Humphries
community of enquiry, critical pedagogy, critical thinking, philosophy of education, the purpose of education

“What tests don’t teach” from Diane Ravitch’s blog

Ravitch writes: “My daughter’s new elementary school principal sent this to all the students as they received their state...
action research

To teach critical thinking

Fromm (1979) worried that people had lost the ability to think for themselves and had become used to collective...
community of enquiry, critical pedagogy, critical thinking, philosophy of education, reflective practice, Self-evaluation

Invitation to those who have engaged in classroom research through self-study action research

Why not share your story here and contribute to a professional conversation and a community of enquiry? Some responses:...
action research, community of enquiry, professional conversation, reflective practice, research, self study, Self-evaluation, Uncategorized

A definition of research

action research, research

Interesting visual about equality and justice

critical pedagogy, critical thinking

Interesting book on action research

Townsend, A. (2012) Action Research: The Challenges of Understanding and Changing Practice. Maidenhead Berkshire. McGraw Hill Education and Open...
Uncategorized

Self-study Colloquium at Hope University Liverpool

Hope University Liverpool is the location for an exciting colloquium entitled ‘Researching our own Practice: transforming the world through...
action research, reflective practice, self study, Self-evaluation, Uncategorized, values
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