Discusses leveling a charge of anti-intellectualism against compositionists who demand that theory result in classroom practice. Suggests the charge ignores the material conditions and intellectual reasons for that demand. Concludes there is a crucial place for theory in composition, even theory for theory's sake, but teaching in the composition…

Presents arguments for teacher-researcher collaboration in K-12 technology education. Identifies barriers that must be overcome in order to create a common culture of design and research. (Contains 26 references.) (SK)

Looks at some of the core perspectives in teacher research, situates the movement in a wider context, and examines some of its explicit or implicit premises along with typical methodologies. Discusses the opportunities of teacher research; the craft-artistry perspective; communities of exchange, support, and inquiry; and warrants for knowledge in…

This article juxtaposes Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology of sense perception and practitioner research as well as demonstrating their potential to become integrated into powerful educational research and practice. The paper elaborates on Merleau-Ponty's metaphor of "chiasm", extends its symbolic meaning to practitioner research and illustrates its…

Recommends moving from debates between spectators and actors about knowledge and practice to discussions about how all educators can foster good judgment, outlining Aristotle's and Kant's accounts of judgment, which ultimately privilege spectators, and introducing Arendt's work. Arendt linked thinking and acting without privileging either in her…

Argues that classroom research is one feasible way for community college English faculty to (1) become knowledge makers; (2) overcome the false dichotomy that exists between teaching and scholarship in community colleges; (3) establish a professional identity; and (4) affirm the bond with the community of professional writing teachers. (RS)

Involving teachers in classroom research can result in improved instruction, more reflective learners, professional growth, and collegial sharing. A seventh-grade teacher-researcher, weighing various strategies for mainstreaming learning-disabled students into her science classes, also ponders the implications of more reflective political practice…

Demonstrates the centrality of the anecdote in productive teacher talk. Argues for its wider recognition in educational research that has as its aim better teaching and learning. (RS)

Examines the range of meanings evoked by a particular photograph as a means of challenging readers to consider the complexity of teacher research. (SR)

Discusses how the author learned to make a research assistant (RA) a part of the administrative package. Shares her ambition to make available good teaching editions of out-of-print novels by Victorian women writers. Suggests coediting new editions of a literary text with RAs and/or post-doctorate students. (SG)

A teacher and a researcher provide alternate interpretations of the teaching and learning that occurred in an adult English-as-a-Second-Language classroom. They conclude that mutual collaboration must include all phases of a research project. (SK)

This article discusses the dearth of qualitative and quantitative research in "Religious Education." There is a growing concern in educational journals that the field must respond to the needs of practitioners and publish what has been called "really useful knowledge" (Johnson 1988, 21-22). In "Religious Education," 86.5% of the published articles…

This paper examines the teacher research process from two points of view: that of a university-based researcher and that of a school-based classroom researcher. Speaking from the experience of engaging in research from both perspectives, the paper presents six reflections on teacher research that describe the special nature of inquiry as conducted…

Argues that teachers can find solutions to problems and answers to questions by conducting their own classroom inquiries and explorations. Discusses four types of classroom research in which teachers can engage: "test-teach-retest,""survey,""observation," and "looking into the past." (EL)

Work with 17 teachers conducting cooperative research under the British government's Best Practice Research model identified underlying tensions: conflict between the process of becoming a researcher and focus on findings; relationship between practice and research; the issue of what counts as learning; and conflicting intentions (government focus…