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Whose research counts? Teacher research and the practitioner-academic divide
The Teacher Educator (2021)
  • Christopher C. Martell, University of Massachusetts Boston
Abstract
Scholars have theorized about the growing movement of teacher research, where school-based practitioners engage in systematic examinations of their own work. They have argued that teacher research challenges relationships of knowledge and practice, as teacher-researchers are likely to ask different questions and offer different perspectives compared to university-based researchers. Synthesizing teacher research studies published in peer-reviewed journals across the content areas of mathematics, science, social studies, and literacy/language arts, this review compares the questions asked and the results reported on content area studies done by PreK–12 teacher- and university-based researchers. This review provides a critical examination of our understanding of classroom instruction and student learning, revealing the important potential of practitioner research to inform educational change.
Disciplines
Publication Date
2021
Citation Information
Christopher C. Martell. "Whose research counts? Teacher research and the practitioner-academic divide" The Teacher Educator (2021)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/christopher-martell/19/