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Leading Without Permission, Robin Hummel
Leading Without Permission, Robin Hummel
Occasional Paper Series
Author Robin Hummel makes an emphatic, persuasive plea for teachers to seize the reins of instructional leadership and take responsibility - even in the face of recalcitrant administrators and increasingly prescriptive curricula - for their own professional learning and growth. She makes the case for action research as a particularly potent professional development tool, and shows how it serves to liberate teachers from inertia and dependency.
Expanding Our Horizons: Alternative Approaches To Practitioner Research, Stephen P. Gordon
Expanding Our Horizons: Alternative Approaches To Practitioner Research, Stephen P. Gordon
Journal of Practitioner Research
The author presents five types of educator practitioner inquiry: pragmatic research, lesson study, appreciative inquiry, collaborative autobiography, and equity research. Examples of each type of research carried out by K-12 practitioners are provided. The particular type of research that educators select should depend on the purpose of the research, preference of participants, researcher and facilitator capacity, and available resources. Predictors of success include commitment of researchers and leadership, professional learning on how to use the type of research selected, time to carry out the research, continued support, and recognition of the research and the researchers.