This is according to teacher and educational researcher Professor Kate Wall, based at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. She ...
Teachers as researchers: How to gather your own evidence via practitioner inquiry
Too many teachers are put off doing research due to perceptions of a 'gold standard' of scientific research – if it doesn’t involve control groups, questionnaires or pre-and-post testing, then it doesn’t count.
Professor Wall says teachers need to be more confident about positioning the practitioner as a researcher. “You don’t have to put on the metaphorical white coat,” she says. “Practitioner research is not lesser, it’s equivalent to other types of research.”
Professor Wall says teachers need to be more confident about positioning the practitioner as a researcher. “You don’t have to put on the metaphorical white coat,” she says. “Practitioner research is not lesser, it’s equivalent to other types of research.”
