In this article, the author argues for a central and critical role for "reflexivity in research" with the aim of developing and strengthening not only everyone's understanding of what everyone does in environmental education research, but also how, and why everyone does it. In a narrative account of methodological issues that occurred…

This article reports on a method developed for teacher self development that is grounded in the classroom and within the everyday repertoire of skills and resources available for teachers. It is developed under the general rubric of action research, which positions teachers as insider researchers of their own practice. Action research techniques…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to determine an effective approach to developing university vocational lifelong learning (VLL) professionals as researchers. Design/methodology/approach: Two quite different approaches to developing VLL professionals as researchers were piloted, one involving face-to-face training and the other distance…

Background: It is widely claimed that critical reflection upon experience is a valuable process in which all teachers should engage in order to improve their professional practice. Assumptions are made about the benefits of reflection both for the teacher as person and professional; however, there is a lack of in-depth research on the reflective…

The teacher-researcher has assumed many roles ranging from research assistant through collaborator to research director. The benefits of teacher research include the political (it is a vehicle for the empowerment of teachers), the practical (teachers are in the best position to verify which methods work best), and professional growth (they are…

Concerns raised in 1967 about the state of British research on language teaching and learning are still applicable, including a need (Birmingham, England, February 24-26); see FL 016 092. teaching, and to a lesser extent, a lack of published information on the applications of academic psychology to language teaching. Early initiatives in these…

This directory of 14 units at universities offering programs in librarianship and information science and their professional personnel provides a descriptive overview of the extent and variety of training in these fields available in South Africa in 1979. It includes, in separate sections, a directory of institutions; information about…

The entire second volume of this report consists of tables based on the study reported in Volume 1. (Volume 1 is available as LI 003082) (NH)

The relationship between mathematicians and researchers in mathematics education has often been fragile. Yet it is crucial. We conducted a series of themed Focus Group interviews with mathematicians from six UK universities. Pre-distributed samples of mathematical problems, typical written student responses, observation protocols, interview…

Papers, all in French, address four issues concerning linguistics and language in Quebec: language quality and linguistic reality; linguistic politics and the future of French in Quebec; the linguist's role in modern society; and dictionaries. Each section includes an untitled, substantive introduction and several papers. Papers include:…

Swedish faculty, researchers, and administrators were surveyed on their feelings about recent organizational changes in the university system. Attitudes varied among the target populations on these objectives: integration of disciplines and functions, spreading of resources, equality, emphasis on teaching, and reorientation of research, including…

Teachers and researchers collaborating to implement and evaluate a pilot programme seems straightforward enough. However, unless appropriate steps are taken early to select appropriate staff and encourage shared definitions of the project's purpose, differences in understanding, as well as different priorities, values, and allegiances may…

The attitudes of biologists in Australian universities towards teaching and research are compared with those of their British counterparts. Both prefer research to teaching, and four major problems in undergraduate education are analyzed in these terms. (MSE)

Based on findings from national and international evaluations, this article discusses the extent to which goals and reality meet in Finnish teacher education, noting that teacher research produces important information that supports teacher education and asserting that teacher education should be anchored not only in research but also in the…

Studied visual literacy over 2 years in the English language arts classrooms of three Canadian middle school teachers. Teachers' previous experiences influenced their implementation of an expanded notion of literacy in English language arts, as did the influence of the university-based researcher conducting the study. (SLD)