Practitioner-Based Inquiry
Welcome

This site is a resource for master and doctoral level students in education working as practitioners in schools and other educational settings planning to conduct a small scale systematic inquiry.

What does practitioner-based inquiry look like?

Practitioner-based inquiry takes many directions existing "on a continuum from more social-science oriented forms, including action research (using both qualitative and quantitative methods) to more humanities-oriented forms of narrative research drawing on personal and professional experience" (Anderson, 2002, p.23).

Recommended Reading:

Anderson, G.L. (2002). Reflecting on research for doctoral students in education. Educational Researcher, v31n7, p.22-25.

Haywood Metz, M. Page, R.N. (2002). The uses of practitioner research: Reply to Gary Anderson. Educational Researcher , v31n7, p.26-27.

This site is intended to support:

*multiple theoretical/philosophical perspectives

*multiple accompanying methodologies

Comments and Questions:

*All comments and questions regarding this site should be directed to:

Margaret Macintyre Latta - mlatta2@unl.edu