1st Edition

You and Your Living-Educational Theory How to Conduct a Values-Based Inquiry for Human Flourishing

By Jacqueline Delong, Jack Whitehead Copyright 2024
224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

224 Pages
by Routledge

Through the narratives of practitioner-researchers, this practical guide shares the proven processes, phases and supports that are most effective for generating living-educational-theories with values of human flourishing. Filled with case studies and continuing professional development activities, this book supports readers to conduct a values-based inquiry to improve their lives, describing and... Read more

Introduction;  Part 1 - Beginning;  Part 2 - Master's Level Inquiries;  Part 3 - Doctoral Level Inquiries;  Part 4 - Fulfilling Our Educational Responsibilities as Global Citizens

Biography

Jacqueline Delong is a retired Superintendent of Education and Adjunct Professor, currently an International Mentor for master’s and doctoral students who need support for their Living Educational Theory research. You can access many of her writings from 1995-2023 at: http://www.actionresearch.net , http://www.spanglefish.com/ActionResearchCanada/ and https://ejolts.net/

Jack Whitehead is Visiting Professor at the University of Cumbria, UK, and an Extraordinary Professor of Community-Based Educational Research at North-West University, SA. He is a former President of the British Educational Research Association You can access many of his writings from 1967 to 2023 at: https://www.actionresearch.net/writings/writing.shtml

‘This book is an inspirational source for educators and students to engage in Living Educational Theory Research to realise their responsibilities as professional practitioners and global citizens.’

- Máirín Glenn, NEARI (Network of Education Action Research in Ireland) and Suresh Nanwani,
Durham University, UK.

‘I will visit and re-visit this book often to help me be more thoughtful and deliberate in my writing, my ongoing self-study, my theorizing and my interest in supporting others to navigate towards more caring and loving educational lives.’

- Barbara Smith, PhD.