Practitioner Enquiry: Professional Development with Impact for Teachers, Schools and Systems

ISBN-13: 9781138293038 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 172 str.

George Gilchrist

Opis

This book describes what practitioner enquiry is and what the research says about the benefits and possible pitfalls on any journey with enquiry for yourself and your school. Offering a step-by-step guide, it looks at how you can create the conditions for practitioner enquiry and the role of school leaders and teachers in making it successful.

Spis treści

Acknowledgements  Introduction  Chapter 1: Why practitioner enquiry?  Chapter 2: Creating the conditions for practitioner enquiry to be successfully adopted  Chapter 3: Carrying out an enquiry: the process  Chapter 4: The role of school leaders/principals in practitioner enquiry  Chapter 5: The role of the teacher in practitioner enquiry  Chapter 6: What are the benefits from the adoption of practitioner enquiry?  Chapter 7: Case study of a whole-school approach to practitioner enquiry  Chapter 8: Practitioner enquiry across contexts: case studies furthering professional and school development  Chapter 9: Pedagogical changes  Chapter 10: Some final thoughts and considerations  Appendix: Research posters  Index  References

O autorze

George Gilchrist is a former Headteacher, whose last role was as leader of two primary schools in Scotland. He is a Fellow of the Scottish College for Educational Leadership, a member of the Scottish Educational Research Association and of the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement. George has written extensively for professional texts and blogs. He has spoken regularly on leadership and learning and has his own blog which focuses on these areas. He can be found on Twitter @GilchristGeorge.