This paper focuses on the work of a teacher whose school-based action research was awarded a Post Graduate Diploma. The paper attempts to show how the excitement of what is learned in a community of teacher researchers is transferred to classroom communities of students. The story is told by the teacher, her deputy principal, a student teacher,…

Describes the formation of the Denbigh Action Research Group at Denbigh School (England) and its partnership with Kingston University (England) to create a post-graduate diploma in action research. Shows how a Denbigh School sixth form teacher applied the research group findings to the classroom and how it benefitted a student. (DAJ)

This paper explores standards and criteria that can be used to judge the validity of qualitative data as evidence of educational improvement. The paper reports on a self study of the educative relationship between two teacher educators: Pam, from a university school of education, and Moyra, director of an inservice education program at a large…