Developing dialogue between a school subject department head and a university education researcher: convergences and divergences in experiencing educational change and complexity

Harris, Don and Danaher, Patrick A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2289-7774 (2020) Developing dialogue between a school subject department head and a university education researcher: convergences and divergences in experiencing educational change and complexity. In: Curriculum, schooling and applied research: challenges and tensions for researchers. Palgrave Studies in Education Research Methods. Palgrave Macmillan Ltd., Cham, Switzerland, pp. 221-236. ISBN 978-3-030-48821-5

Abstract

This chapter explores some of the challenges and opportunities in enhancing teacher–researcher relationships by analysing the work activities and environments of the authors, one a former secondary school teacher and subject department head and the other a university education researcher, both working in Queensland, Australia. More specifically, the chapter analyses selections from a lengthy audiorecorded interview between the authors focused on the first-named author’s strategies for engaging with educational change in a complex school environment. The findings of this analysis highlight the mutual benefits of educators and education researchers engaging in this kind of collaboration. More broadly, such a collaboration can help to illuminate some of the wider convergences and divergences that emerge from educational change and complexity in schools and universities alike.

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Item Type:	Book Chapter (Commonwealth Reporting Category B)
Refereed:	Yes
Item Status:	Live Archive
Additional Information:	Permanent restricted access to published version, in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Current - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Education (1 Jul 2019 -)
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre:	Current - Faculty of Business, Education, Law and Arts - School of Education (1 Jul 2019 -)
Date Deposited:	17 Nov 2020 01:52
Last Modified:	16 Feb 2021 23:57
Uncontrolled Keywords:	educational change, educational complexity, research collaboration, school environment, school subject department head, teacher-researcher relationships, university education researcher
Fields of Research (2008):	13 Education > 1301 Education Systems > 130103 Higher Education 13 Education > 1302 Curriculum and Pedagogy > 130202 Curriculum and Pedagogy Theory and Development 13 Education > 1303 Specialist Studies in Education > 130304 Educational Administration, Management and Leadership 13 Education > 1399 Other Education > 139999 Education not elsewhere classified 13 Education > 1301 Education Systems > 130106 Secondary Education
Fields of Research (2020):	39 EDUCATION > 3903 Education systems > 390303 Higher education 39 EDUCATION > 3901 Curriculum and pedagogy > 390102 Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development 39 EDUCATION > 3904 Specialist studies in education > 390403 Educational administration, management and leadership 39 EDUCATION > 3999 Other Education > 399999 Other education not elsewhere classified 39 EDUCATION > 3903 Education systems > 390306 Secondary education
Socio-Economic Objectives (2008):	C Society > 93 Education and Training > 9304 School/Institution > 930401 Management and Leadership of Schools/Institutions
Identification Number or DOI:	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48822-2_10
URI:	http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/40088

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