Hi Sue,
That's really helpful - thank you!
Best,
Sarah
--- Susan Peterson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I regard myself as a teacher researcher. I
> work with excluded pupils
> and, in the past, have carried out research into my
> own and related practice (
> e.g. with colleagues) - so much of my reseaarch was
> not DIRECTLY of my own
> practice but the practice of colleagues ( usually
> with pupils whom I also
> taught). Because I was observing/interviewing/having
> conversations with pupils whom
> I knew and taught I considered myself a teacher
> researcher. ( I also
> understood the the 'school's' structures/philosophy
> etc as I workerd there). I was,
> therefore, an 'insider ' rather than an 'outsider'
> Technically this was not
> a school but an educational centre.I also carried
> out research outside my
> workbase, sometimes with the same kids (e.g. at
> a'rural education centre' which
> they attended on a sessional basis) and sometimes
> with children I did not
> know but were attending EBD centres in other parts
> of Cornwall. Here the
> teacher researcher status was less clear ( although
> I stll regarded myself as
> such). I now find myself in Northants and yet
> another scenario. I wish to continue
> the research (animal interaction for children with
> EBD) but my boss will not
> allow animal interaction on the premises (health
> and safety.) I am thus
> looking elsewhere for similar settings which WILL
> allow such interaction. I am
> not sure whether I can regard myself as a teacher
> researcher. My gut reaction
> is YES. I am a teacher. I teach these sorts of
> kids. I understand the general
> background. What does everyone elsre think? In
> answer to your question I
> guess it comes down to how close you feel
> personally to the educational location
> you are researching.
Sarah Fletcher
http://www.TeacherResearch.net
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