ABSTRACT

Doing Practitioner Research Differently encourages those embarking on practitioner research to consider the validity of innovative methods and styles of reporting. The book looks at three methods of enquiry and reporting - visualisation, conversation and fictional writing.
Using practitioners' own accounts and research reports as case studies, this book explores the reasons why some practitioners reject the traditional research methods. It looks at the challenges faced by these practitioners and the conditions in higher education that encourage or inhibit innovative practitioner research. The case studies used illustrate that there are modes of enquiry and reporting that can foster the development of professional thinking and practice.

chapter 1|10 pages

Background and introduction

part |2 pages

Part 1 Visualisation as a method of enquiry and reporting

part |2 pages

Part 2 Conversation as a method of enquiry and reporting

chapter 4|19 pages

Towards an understanding of autism: an outsider’s attempt to get inside

An outsider’s attempt to get inside Joe Geraci

chapter 6|18 pages

Communicative practices in a classroom for children with severe and profound learning difficulties

A case study of methodologies of reflective practice

part |2 pages

Part 3 Fictional writing as a method of enquiry and reporting

chapter 8|20 pages

Not a perfect offering

part |2 pages

Part 4 Reflecting on innovation and quality in practitioner research

chapter 10|14 pages

New thinking for new practices

chapter 11|7 pages

Keeping moving