Between 2001 and 2007 I conducted a self-study action research enquiry into my practice as a primary school teacher. The research had a collaborative aspect to it, in so far as my pupils and colleagues were invited to participate in the research, although I was the focus of the enquiry. I was unhappy about my teaching: I felt I dominated the…

An expatriate Irishman living in Finland whose chosen field of research is American-Indian education responds to the idea that only American Indians should write about Indian education. He encourages cross-cultural studies about the educational experiences of different tribes, recommends comparisons between Irish and Indian experiences, and…