Living Educational Theory Research as an Epistemology for Practice
Author | : Jack Whitehead |
Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
Total Pages | : 175 |
Release | : 2024-06-03 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781040032497 |
ISBN-13 | : 1040032494 |
Rating | : 4/5 (97 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This book explores a value-based research methodology, Living Educational Theory Research (LETR), which aligns a values-based approach with key tenets of professional development to inform and inspire future educators’ practice. Written by world-leading scholars in the field of LETR, the chapters are global in reach and promote the evolving and dynamic nature of the methodology and its application with real-world professional training within higher education. Through discussion and dialogue on the evolution of Living Educational Theory Research, the chapters explore topics such as professional development and community-based contexts, supporting academics wishing to improve their practice by placing the theory within a scholarly paradigm to legitimise its use for scholarly learning. Demonstrating how insights from disciplines such as philosophy, sociology and psychology are integrated within the generation of living-educational-theories, this outwardly looking volume will appeal to postgraduate students, scholars and researchers involved with educational theory, action research and other forms of practitioner research, and education research methods more broadly.