Session Information
27 SES 11 A, Transaction and Recognition
Symposium
Contribution
This study is based on theories of dialogue as a vehicle for constructive and critical collaboration (Edwards-Groves et al 2016). The action research field has long experience of and knowledge about development work where researchers and teachers collaborate; it deals with practical issues, supports human development, is founded on knowledge-in-action and aims at participation and democracy (Reason & Bradbury 2001). The role of teachers in educational research has been an essential topic for decades especially in critical theoretical approaches such as Participatory Action Research (PAR). In the field of working life in the Nordic countries, theories of dialogue as a basis for collaboration have emerged and later been brought into education (Rönnerman et al 2008). A specific collaborative working method called dialogue conferences (Lund 2008) is used in this project. The researchers and teachers participating in the study are producing knowledge about teaching in common writing about educational dilemmas. They are participating in a book project, producing a book for teacher students. Doing this work they meet in a dialogue conference to discuss their writings. The concept of recognition, based on Ricoeur’s thinking, is used to interpret the ways in which their collaboration evolves. In the dialogue conference written cases of teaching and critical reflections from other researchers and school developing teachers on these cases are discussed. The aim is to agree on constructive feedback and get ideas about further writing. Written responses on each other’s texts and discussions are documented. Also, data from an evaluation of the meeting gets analyzed in relation to professional learning and recognition. Three aspects are in focus in the study; 1) what was identified by teachers and researchers as important content to discuss, respond to and write about, 2) how were teachers and researchers recognizing themselves as partners in the collaboration, and 3) in what ways, if so, were teachers and researchers recognizing the knowledge and competences of each other in the collaboration. Preliminary results point to the importance of teachers’ and researchers’ dialogue on matters focusing dilemmas and problems in the teaching practices. Based on reflections on the critical responses on the cases written by the teachers, the dialogues also seem to have been crucial for giving teachers strength to handle critical comments in constructive ways. In particular, recognition of other’s views and competence, as well as discerning recognition of one’s own competence in the written comments, contributed to this.
References
Edwards-Groves, C., Olin, A., & Karlberg-Granlund, G. (2016). Partnership and Recognition in Action Research: understanding the practices and practice architectures for participation and change. Educational Action Research, DOI:10.1080/09650792.2015.1129983 Lund, T. (2008). Action Reseach through Dialogue Conferences. In K. Rönnerman, E.M. Furu & P. Salo (Eds.), Nurturing praxis. Action Research in Partnerships Between School and University in a Nordic Light (pp. 175-192). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. Reason, P., & Bradbury, H. (2001). Introduction: Inquiry and Participation in Search of a World worthy of Human Aspiration. I P. Reason & H. Bradbury (Red.), Handbook of Action Research. Participative Inquiry and Practice (s 1-14). London: SAGE. Ricoeur, P. (2005). The Course of Recognition. Cambridge: Harvard UP. Rönnerman, K., Furu, E.M., & Salo, P. (Eds.)(2008). Nurturing praxis. Action Research in Partnerships Between School and University in a Nordic Light. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
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