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Practice-Focused Research in Further Adult and Vocational Education

Shifting Horizons of Educational Practice, Theory and Research

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Editors:
  1. Margaret Gregson

    1. Faculty of Education and Society, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK

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  2. Patricia Spedding

    1. Faculty of Education and Society, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK

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  • Examines how boundaries and perceptions can be broken down between educational research and practice

  • Includes case studies from practicing teachers in the further and vocational education sector

  • Argues that the purpose of educational research should be to empower teachers to improve their own practice

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Practice! Practice! Practice!

    • Margaret Gregson, Patricia Spedding
    Pages 1-19

  3. Vocational Education Matters: Other People’s Children…Not Seen and Not Heard

    • Paul Kessell-Holland
    Pages 21-40

  4. The Internal Goods of Educational Leadership: Alternative Approaches to Quality Improvement

    • Robin Webber-Jones
    Pages 41-56

  5. Non-traditional Students and Practical Wisdom: A Perspective from a Practitioner-Researcher

    • Samantha Broadhead
    Pages 57-75

  6. Adaptive Comparative Judgement

    • Michael Smith
    Pages 77-98

  7. Their Defining Moments: Identifying Critical Influences that Prompted Progression into Post Compulsory Education in the Arts

    • Martell Baines
    Pages 99-120

  8. Developing Critical Thinking and Professional Identity in the Arts Through Story

    • Frances Norton
    Pages 121-144

  9. Identity in Focus: Examining FE Practitioners’ Informal Professional Learning Through the Lenses of Online Community Dialogues

    • Lynne Taylerson
    Pages 145-170

  10. Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: An Exploration into the Realities of Sharing ‘Good Practice’ and Developing the Craft of Teaching Through an Online Video Platform

    • David Galloway
    Pages 171-186

  11. Re-dressing the Balance: Practitioner-Research as Continuing Professional Development

    • Patricia Spedding
    Pages 187-211

  12. What Do We Mean by Good Work? Issues of Practice and Standards of Quality in Vocational Education

    • Margaret Gregson, Patricia Spedding, Paul Kessell-Holland
    Pages 213-235

  13. Bringing Practitioners Back In

    • Margaret Gregson, Paul Kessell-Holland
    Pages 237-254

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 255-279
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About this book

This book examines how educational practice can be improved through practice-focused educational research. The editors and contributors explore the issues involved in breaking down boundaries between educational research and practice - research often seen as an elitist activity that can only be determined by a favoured few - as well as the socially constructed nature of boundaries between academic and vocational education. Containing illuminating case studies written by practicing teachers from the further and vocational education sector, it posits that educational research should enable teachers to learn from research in order to improve their own educational practice. This book will be of interest and value to scholars of further and vocational education, as well as those wanting to bridge the gap between research and practice. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Education and Society, University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK

    Margaret Gregson, Patricia Spedding

About the editors

Margaret Gregson is Professor of Vocational Education and Director of the Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training (SUNCETT) at the University of Sunderland, UK. Her research interests include practice-focused research, initial and continuing teacher education and approaches to educational evaluation and improvement.


Patricia Spedding is Associate Professor of Learning and Teaching at the Centre for Excellence in Teacher Training (SUNCETT) at the University of Sunderland, UK. Her research interests include understandings of the development and sustainability of innovative pedagogy for the initial and continuing education of teachers.


Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Practice-Focused Research in Further Adult and Vocational Education

  • Book Subtitle: Shifting Horizons of Educational Practice, Theory and Research

  • Editors: Margaret Gregson, Patricia Spedding

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38994-9

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-38993-2Published: 30 July 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-38996-3Published: 31 July 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-38994-9Published: 29 July 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIX, 279

  • Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Lifelong Learning/Adult Education, Educational Policy and Politics, Teaching and Teacher Education, Professional & Vocational Education

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