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Category: critical thinking

Notes from NEARIMeet 23 October 2025

The Autumn NEARIMeet, held on 23 October 2025, centred on the theme Teachers as Researchers. Attendees greatly enjoyed hearing...
action research, community of enquiry, critical pedagogy, critical reflection, critical thinking, ethics, inquiry as stance, living theory, professional conversation, reflective practice, research, self study, social justice, values

Autumn NEARIMeet 23 October 2025: Teachers as Researchers

NEARI is delighted to announce that the next NEARIMeet will take place online on 23 October at 18.00. It...
action research, community of enquiry, critical pedagogy, critical thinking, inquiry as stance, Living Educational Theory, professional conversation, reflective practice, research, self study, social justice, teacher CPD, the purpose of education

Educational Action Research SIG Annual Report 2024

The Special Interest Groups (SIGs) at the Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) are required to produce an Annual...
community of enquiry, critical thinking, NEARI, SIG

Notes from Spring NEARIMeet 9th March 2024

Prof Sarah Banks Dr Mairéad Holden Dr Philip Poulton We were delighted to hold our Spring NEARIMeet online on...
community of enquiry, critical reflection, critical thinking, ethics, Living Educational Theory, NEARI, PhD study, the purpose of education

Spring NEARIMeet and VPAR SIG meet 17 April 2021

The next NEARIMeet/VPAR SIG meeting will take place on 17 April 2021  (Saturday) into your diaries for the Spring...
action research, community of enquiry, critical pedagogy, critical reflection, critical thinking, living theory, NEARI, professional conversation, values

Notes from NEARIMeet 19 September 2020 (Online)

nEARIMeet
This was the second NEARIMeet and VPAR SIG (Values-based Practitioner Action Research) meeting to take place online. Everyone was...
action research, community of enquiry, critical thinking, living contradiction, research, social justice, values

Save the date! NEARIMeet on 19 September 2020 [online]

NEARIMeet 19 September 2020 Save the date
action research, community of enquiry, critical thinking, living theory, NEARI, self study, values

Reflections on NEARIMeet online

Reflecting on our first NEARIMeet online, a month or so after the event, I have two main thoughts. My...
action research, critical thinking, living theory, NEARI, professional conversation, reflective practice, values

Notes from NEARIMeet/VPAR SIG Launch (Online) 24 April 2020

The first online NEARIMeet took place on April 24, 2020 and all at NEARI would like to thank Cornelia...
action research, community of enquiry, critical thinking, living contradiction, living theory, NEARI, professional conversation, research, validity in action research, values

Notes from Winter NEARIMeet, 18 January 2020 in CIT, Cork

Cork had bedecked herself in a beautiful glittering cloak of silver frost for the Winter NEARIMeet. It was NEARI’s...
action research, community of enquiry, critical pedagogy, critical thinking, living theory, NEARI, professional conversation, reflective practice, values
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