<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The author, a school principal with significant classroom responsibilities recounts his journey towards authenticity as an independent teacher-researcher. His career as a researcher began in the scientific-knowledge tradition and then moved into the practical-knowledge tradition. He describes how Donald Schön, the father of reflective practice, has transformed his professional life, leading him to develop a deeply thoughtful practice, one that makes use of the literature to augment, challenge, and legitimise the work he does in his school. The author delves into the messy world of the professional experiment, and the idea that professionals can, and do, act and think differently to third-person researchers. Finally, the author shares his story about how the members of a virtual community of scholars have facilitated his move from the periphery of the researching community into an authentic and valued practitioner-colleague with a personal theory of practice</p></abstract>

The author, a school principal with significant classroom responsibilities recounts his journey towards authenticity as an independent teacher-researcher. His career as a researcher began in the scientific-knowledge tradition and then moved into the practical-knowledge tradition. He describes how Donald Schön, the father of reflective practice, has transformed his professional life, leading him to develop a deeply thoughtful practice, one that makes use of the literature to augment, challenge, and legitimise the work he does in his school. The author delves into the messy world of the professional experiment, and the idea that professionals can, and do, act and think differently to third-person researchers. Finally, the author shares his story about how the members of a virtual community of scholars have facilitated his move from the periphery of the researching community into an authentic and valued practitioner-colleague with a personal theory of practice

Life outside academia: on becoming an expert teacher-researcher

International Journal for Transformative Research

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The author, a school principal with significant classroom responsibilities recounts his journey towards authenticity as an independent teacher-researcher. His...

Life outside academia: on becoming an expert teacher-researcher

Published Online: Aug 29, 2015

Page range: 11 - 17

Received: Jan 15, 2015

Accepted: Apr 09, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ijtr-2015-0003

Keywords
Donald Schön, reflective practice, practical knowledge, professional practice, expert teacher

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Life outside academia: on becoming an expert teacher-researcher

Published Online: Aug 29, 2015

Page range: 11 - 17

Received: Jan 15, 2015

Accepted: Apr 09, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ijtr-2015-0003

KeywordsDonald Schön, reflective practice, practical knowledge, professional practice, expert teacher

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Donald Schön, reflective practice, practical knowledge, professional practice, expert teacher