Values and Virtues in Higher Education Research centres on
practitioners studying and researching their practices in higher
education settings, in order to improve those practices for the
benefit of others and themselves. Making research public is a key
aspect of ensuring the quality of educational research and
educational practices: Values and Virtues in Higher Education
Research raises questions and develops conversations about why
higher education practitioners should study and improve their work,
how this may be done, and what might be some of the benefits of
doing so. What we do as practitioners is influenced by and linked
with what we value, what we believe is good. Improving practices
therefore involves becoming aware of and interrogating the values
that enter into and inform those practices; a study of practices
becomes a study of the relationships between the practices in
question and their values base. From an international group of
contributors in this growing field, this book provides strong
theoretical resources and case study material that shows how this
transformation may be achieved, including topics such as:
Theorising practices to show personal and organisational
accountability Developing inter-professional and inter-disciplinary
dialogues for social transformation Establishing communities of
inquiry in higher education and other workplace settings
Reconceptualising professional education as research-informed
practice Locating educational theory in the real world for human
and environmental wellbeing Showing the evolution of theory through
critical engagement, this text will be a valuable companion for
lecturers, students and professional developers in higher
education. This book will form core reading for those who are
interested in engaging in practice-based research, and as
additional reading for those whose aim is to broaden their thinking
in relation to the role of values and virtues in educational
research. Jean McNiff is an independent researcher and writer,
Professor of Educational Research at York St John University, and
Visiting Professor at Oslo and Akershus University College, Beijing
Normal University and Ningxia Teachers University. She is also the
author of key texts Action Research: Principles and Practice, You
and Your Action Research Project and Writing Up Your Action
Research Project.
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