Description
Book SynopsisJarvis does a real service by introducing a new vision of research into the current debates over the nature and mission of the academy.
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Continuing Higher Education Review Jarvis has managed to bridge the worlds of theory and professional practice in a way that will help each better understand the other.
--Jon Wergin, professor of educational studies, School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University
Genuine understanding of any field can only be developed through practice in that field. Peter Jarvis, an internationally known authority in the field of professional adult and continuing education, shows how theories of practice evolve from the practice itself and are unique to each practitioner. Doing professional work gives practitioners many opportunities to question, test, and revise theories taught in graduate programs. Such practice-based research gives rise to personalized theories of practice and also raises new questions for personal exploration
Trade Review
"Jarvis has successfully eliminated the mystery and fear of conducting academic research in this easy to read book which encourages educators and others to become practitioner-researchers." (Pade Informer)
"Jarvis does a real service by introducing a new vision of research into the current debates over the nature and mission of the academy." (Continuing Higher Education Review)
"At last, a window into what it means to 'learn by doing' . . . This is a remarkable book. Jarvis has managed to bridge the worlds of theory and professional practice in a way that will help each better understand the other." (Jon Wergin, professor of educational studies, School of Education, Virginia Commonwealth University)
"Peter Jarvis's own extensive biography as scholar and practitioner shows through in this book. His skillful blAnding of theory and practice produces a store of information that can prove useful to professors and practitioners alike, especially when they choose to work together to construct practical knowledge." (John M. Peters, professor, University of Tennessee)
Table of Contents
UNDERSTANDING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN RESEARCH AND PRACTICE.
1. The Practitioner-Researcher.
2. Educating the Practitioner-Researcher.
3. Researching Practice.
THE NATURE OF PRACTICE.
4. The Practitioner's Knowledge.
5. Practicing.
6. Reflective Practice.
RESEARCH IN PRACTICE.
7. Case Studies.
8. Action Research.
9. Collaborative Research.
10. Using Documents.
11. Small-Scale Surveys.
PRACTICE AND THEORY.
12. Developing a Personal Theory.
13. Theory Reconceptualized.
14. From Practice to Theory?
REFLECTIONS ON THE PRACTITIONER-RESEARCHER.
15. Practitioner Research and the Learning Society.
16. Practitioners' Continuing and Learning.
17. The Universities and the World of the Practitioner-Researcher.
