Description: Learning Communities in Educational Partnerships by Dr Mary Roche, Dr Bernie Sullivan, Dr Máirín Glenn, Dr Caitriona McDonagh Learning Communities in Educational Partnerships shows how theory and practice come into lived interplay in social spaces where theory informs practice and practice turns into theory. Drawing on their own experiences of becoming a learning community, the authors introduce the ideas underpinning self-study action research. Through a series of first-hand practitioner accounts, the chapters describe and explain how to engage in processes of inquiry and establish learning communities, how to make space for professional conversations and how to develop living theories from within daily practice.The book shows how meaningful change can take place, both in educational improvements and also in more transformative professional learning, when educators are encouraged to draw on their own personal educational values and share their idea FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Máirín Glenn works as a teaching principal in a primary school in Co. Mayo, Ireland. She also works as a part-time tutor in the area of self-study action research with many of the teacher education programmes in Ireland.Mary Roche is a lecturer in teacher education having spent many years as a teacher. She is author of Developing Childrens Critical Thinking through Picturebooks (Routledge 2015)and has developed literacy support materials for National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (Ireland).Caitriona McDonagh has spent many years as a primary teacher. She is a supervisor for school placement with the Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education, Maynooth University and supervises action research projects in Mathematics for postgrad students at the University of Limerick, Ireland.Bernie Sullivan is a former principal of a primary school in Dublin, Ireland. She has worked as a tutor for second-level student teachers on school placement with St. Patricks College, Thurles, Ireland. She currently supervises action research projects in Mathematics teaching for postgraduate students at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Table of Contents Foreword, Etienne Wenger-TraynerAcknowledgementsGlossaryIntroduction1. A Professional Partnership, Máirín Glenn2. Action Research as the Glue in Professional Learning Partnerships, Máirín Glenn3. Learning Communities as Sites of Transformation, Bernie Sullivan4. A Theoretical Explanation of the Practical Significance of Learning Communities, Bernie Sullivan5. Professional Conversations as Integral to Self-Study Action Research for CPD, Mary Roche6. Initial Teacher Education and School/College Partnerships: The Potential role of Self-Study Action Research, Mary Roche7. Tapping into Experiential Knowledge in Whole-School Communities, Caitriona McDonagh8. Whats in This For Me? - From the Perspective of Participating Teachers, Teacher Educators and Leaders, Caitriona McDonaghConclusionBibliographyIndex Review This is the most significant contribution to the enhancement of a global professionalism in education that I have read in my 50 years engagement with this issue. It should become required reading and study for initial and continuing teacher education programs. Mairin Glenn, Bernie Sullivan, Mary Roche and Caitriona McDonagh show how four individuals, initially strangers, studying four disparate aspects of education, have forged a strong, warm and loving friendship. Their work and research together enhances their own and others professionalism in improving practice and contributing to the educational knowledge-base. They do this through self-study action research and the generation of living-educational-theories that are underpinned by ontological values of social justice, inclusion and democracy; epistemological values of dialogue, communication and knowledge creation; and educational values of co-operation and collaboration. The book clearly communicates how to foster a researcherly disposition across all phases of education. This includes the generating and sustaining of whole-school learning communities. As well as focusing on improving educational practice and generating contributions to educational knowledge, the authors critically engage with insights from the most advanced social theories, without losing a connection to improving professionalism in practice. The authors invite readers, having reflected on their book, to reveal their passions and enthusiasms for learning together, for their own benefit and the benefit of those with whom they work. They invite us to continue this narrative by sharing our stories on . I hope to meet you in this space of learning community. * Jack Whitehead, Visiting Professor of Education, University of Cumbria, UK *This book speaks to the very heart of what it is to be a professional learner. It challenges readers to rethink how we individually and institutionally engage with our own learning, with the learning of those we teach and of all those with whom we connect throughout our educative journey. Because this book transcends the superficial and engages with communities of learners from a lived, meaningful and values based perspective, it offers not the typical prescriptive text, but one that is far more significant with real potential to open up the hearts and minds of learners and teachers across the globe. It offers an important differing voice to current trends in education that tend to eclipse the value of practitioner knowledge and experience. In so doing it gives voice to the growing movement of practitioners whose experience and insight are indispensable for meaningful education theory worldwide. * Patricia Mannix McNamara, Deputy Head, School of Education, University of Limerick, Ireland * Promotional Demonstrates the potential power of self-study action research and learning communities as a form of professional learning in educational communities by drawing on real examples from educational partnerships. Review Quote This is the most significant contribution to the enhancement of a global professionalism in education that I have read in my 50 years engagement with this issue. It should become required reading and study for initial and continuing teacher education programs. Mairin Glenn, Bernie Sullivan, Mary Roche and Caitriona McDonagh show how four individuals, initially strangers, studying four disparate aspects of education, have forged a strong, warm and loving friendship. Their work and research together enhances their own and others professionalism in improving practice and contributing to the educational knowledge-base. They do this through self-study action research and the generation of living-educational-theories that are underpinned by ontological values of social justice, inclusion and democracy; epistemological values of dialogue, communication and knowledge creation; and educational values of co-operation and collaboration. The book clearly communicates how to foster a researcherly disposition across all phases of education. This includes the generating and sustaining of whole-school learning communities. As well as focusing on improving educational practice and generating contributions to educational knowledge, the authors critically engage with insights from the most advanced social theories, without losing a connection to improving professionalism in practice. The authors invite readers, having reflected on their book, to reveal their passions and enthusiasms for learning together, for their own benefit and the benefit of those with whom they work. They invite us to continue this narrative by sharing our stories on . I hope to meet you in this space of learning community. Promotional "Headline" Demonstrates the potential power of self-study action research and learning communities as a form of professional learning in educational communities by drawing on real examples from educational partnerships. Feature Promotes a self-study action research approach showing its relevance to understanding and improvement of practice and its potential to lead to enhanced professional development for teachers Details ISBN1474243568 Pages 200 ISBN-10 1474243568 ISBN-13 9781474243568 Format Hardcover Imprint Bloomsbury Academic Subtitle Action Research as Transformation Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 370.72 Year 2017 Publication Date 2017-11-16 Short Title Learning Communities in Educational Partnerships Language English Author Dr Caitriona McDonagh UK Release Date 2017-11-16 NZ Release Date 2017-11-16 Translator Tom Kuhn Affiliation St Hughs College, Oxford University, UK Position Author Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2017-11-15 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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ISBN-13: 9781474243568
Book Title: Learning Communities in Educational Partnerships
Number of Pages: 200 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Learning Communities in Educational Partnerships: Action Research As Transformation
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication Year: 2017
Subject: Coaching & Career Guidance, Classical Studies, Teaching
Item Height: 234 mm
Item Weight: 454 g
Type: Textbook
Author: Dr Caitriona Mcdonagh, Dr Mairin Glenn, Dr Bernie Sullivan, Dr Mary Roche
Item Width: 156 mm
Format: Hardcover
