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Category: the purpose of education

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

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

Notes from NEARIMeet 29 January 2022

The sparkling Winter 2022 NEARIMeet took place online on 29 January 2022. The meeting was chaired by Cornelia Connolly...
action research, critical reflection, living contradiction, Living Educational Theory, NEARI, reflective practice, self study, the purpose of education, values

Podcast from Inside Education on 103.2 Dublin City FM: An Irish perspective on news and stories from the world of education

Programme 324, Questions & Answers on Education (18-4-18) Apr 18th, 2018 by insideeducation Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. On...
action research, community of enquiry, NEARI, professional conversation, reflective practice, self study, the purpose of education, values

NEARI-meet at UCD 7 March #ESAI2018

action research, critical thinking, living contradiction, NEARI, the purpose of education

A flavour of NEARI-meet at UL on 20 January 2018

Our first NEARI-meet in the University of Limerick was awakened by the aroma and taste of morning coffee. We...
action research, community of enquiry, critical thinking, inquiry as stance, NEARI, professional conversation, reflective practice, research, the purpose of education

Coming soon: Learning Communities in Educational Partnerships: Action Research as Transformation

Learning Communities in Educational Partnerships shows how theory and practice come into lived interplay in social spaces where theory...
action research, community of enquiry, critical pedagogy, inquiry as stance, living theory, NEARI, reflective practice, research, teacher CPD, the purpose of education

Inside Education Interview with Prof. Jack Whitehead

Sean Delaney from Inside Education in conversation with Professor Jack Whitehead, from theUniversity of Cumbria. They discuss Jack’s approach to research known...
action research, community of enquiry, living contradiction, living theory, research, the purpose of education, values

Inside Education Podcast: Marilyn Cochran-Smith

Professor Marilyn Cochran-Smith, a former president of the American Educational Research Association, in discussion with Seán Delaney of Inside...
inquiry as stance, the purpose of education

NEARImeet (Network for Educational Action Research in Ireland) in St. Patrick’s College, Thurles on 12 Sept 2015

The third NEARImeet (Network for Educational Action Research in Ireland) took place in  St. Patrick’s College, Thurles on 12...
action research, community of enquiry, critical pedagogy, critical thinking, philosophy of education, professional conversation, research, the purpose of education, values
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