ABSTRACT
Teachers commonly have a healthy scepticism about research. Research is what goes on elsewhere, outside and beyond school. It is undertaken by experts who make use of teachers, schools and children to undertake their research. The research thus undertaken is directed at enhancing the qualifications of the student researcher or improving the curriculum vitae of the academic researcher. It is commonly perceived to be largely irrelevant to the needs of the practising teacher and is usually reported in somewhat inaccessible journals and books, not normally the everyday reading matter of hard-pressed teachers.
