ABSTRACT
In this chapter I want to outline some of the central issues in the work of Jack Whitehead of the University of Bath. His work has been instrumental in promoting the idea of action research as a way of improving personal practice, where practice takes the form of critical ‘reflection in action on action’ by the individual practitioner. The implications inherent in his system of ideas offer a possible answer to some of the problems identified in Part I. The strength of his contribution, in my view, is that he is offering a form of educational enquiry that empowers practitioners to generate and control their own process of change.
