Self-Study in a Community of Learning Researchers: What Can We Do to Help Teachers/Teacher Educators Benefit from Our Research?

Autor/inn/en	Lunenberg, Mieke; Loughran, John; Schildkamp, Kim; Beishuizen Jos; Meirink, Jacobiene; Zwart, Rosanne
Titel	Self-Study in a Community of Learning Researchers: What Can We Do to Help Teachers/Teacher Educators Benefit from Our Research?
Quelle	In: European Educational Research Journal, 6 (2007) 4, S.411-423 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1474-9041
DOI	10.2304/eerj.2007.6.4.411
Schlagwörter	Research Projects; Doctoral Programs; Researchers; Teacher Educators; Self Evaluation (Individuals); Education Majors; Education Courses; Teacher Education; Higher Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Forschungsvorhaben; Doktorandenprogramm; Researcher; Forscher; Teacher education; Education; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Fortbildungskurs; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen
Abstract	This article reports on the results of an intensive summer course in which a community of learners, consisting of three teaching and teacher education academics and 17 European PhD students in the field of education, conducted a collective self-study. The international collective self-study offered a unique opportunity to go beyond parochial and local perspectives on the process of research and knowledge creation. The central question in this summer course was: "What can we, as researchers, do to help teachers/teacher educators benefit from our research and what can be learned through this research on research?" The participants first studied relevant literature about the--relatively new--concepts of self-study and a community of learners. Secondly, they studied and discussed their own research projects through the lens of a self-study methodology. The critical study and discussions of both literature and the research projects resulted in a list of 15 guidelines. In addition, the doctoral students experienced and learned that forming a community of learners can be an effective environment for collaborative inquiry learning and that conducting a collective self-study can be an effective way of carrying out research. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10