What is it about?
Action Research offers a genuine opportunity to develop practices that support teachers to explore the spaces between policy, theory and action. This article tells the story of a cooperative inquiry approach to support and develop person-centred practice across one English secondary school. The cooperative inquiry group asked questions of and listened carefully to each other as we engaged in and developed practice. We looked to engaged others in school on our journey - which was no easy feat.
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Why is it important?
We found that at a time of heightened pressure and change in the English educational system, educational practitioners can better shape their future when they are able to take ownership of their own professional development and are afforded the time to engage in reflection and dialogue around practice.
Perspectives
Engaging in research alongside practitioners who work day to day in educational contexts and who acted as co-researchers and co-subjects, offered a privileged and purposeful opportunity. Collaboration such as these have allowed for reflection on and development of practice and inspired the authors and others to seek out other opportunities in different contexts.
Jo Greenwood
Lancaster University
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This page is a summary of: Taking a cooperative inquiry approach to developing person-centred practice in one English secondary school, Action Research, September 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1476750317730651.
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