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.
1. Background and Introduction Part I Visualisation as a Method of Enquiry and Reporting 2. Children with Special Needs, Teachers with Special Needs Ros Frost 3. Visualisation in Research and Data AnalysisJacqui Potter Part II Conversation as a Method of Enquiry and Reporting 4. Towards and Understanding of Autism: An Outsider's Attempt to Get Inside Joe Geraci 5. Perceptions of Purpose for Children's Writing Tish Crotty 6. Communicative Practices in a Classroom for Children with Severe and Profound Learning Difficulties: A Case Study of Methodologies of Reflective Practice Linda Ferguson Part III Fictional Writing as a Method of Enquiry and Reporting 7. Imaginary Gardens - Enigmatic Encounters Tish Crotty 8. Not a Perfect Offering Liz Waterland Part IV Reflecting on Innovation and Quality in Practitioner Research 9. Innovation and Quality in Practitioner Research 10. New Thinking for New Practices 11. Keeping Moving
