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Lost in Practice: Transforming Nordic Educational Action Research

  • Seminal conversation between practice theory and action research for enhancing professional dialogue and meaning making in education.

Part of the book series: Pedagogy, Education and Praxis (PEDA)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
    1. Traces of Nordic Educational Traditions

      • Karin Rönnerman, Petri Salo
      Pages 1-9
  2. Background

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
    2. Action Research and Translation Studies

      • Torbjørn Lund, Eli Moksnesfuru
      Pages 31-52
    3. The Nordic Tradition of Educational Action Research

      • Petri Salo, Karin Rönnerman
      Pages 53-71
  3. Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-73
    2. The Practice of Peer Group Mentoring

      • Lill Langelotz, Karin Rönnerman
      Pages 75-93
    3. Research Circles

      • Karin Rönnerman, Anette Olin
      Pages 95-112
    4. From Transmission to Site-Based Professional Development

      • Liselott Forsman, Gunilla Karlberg-Granlund, Michaela Pörn, Petri Salo, Jessica Aspfors
      Pages 113-132
    5. The Power of Risk-Taking in Professional Learning

      • Ann-Christine Wennergren
      Pages 133-151
    6. Development Teams as Translators of School Reform Ideas

      • Eli Moksnes Furu, Torbjørn Lund
      Pages 153-170
    7. Research Partnership in Local Teaching Programme Work

      • Svein-Erik Andreassen
      Pages 171-193
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 231-239

About this book

Lost in Practice offers a further development of the notion of Nordic educational action research (as described in a earlier volume Nurturing praxis 2008), aiming to deepen and enrich understandings of the Nordic educational tradition and its various practices. It explores Nordic traditions and theories, such as bildung, practical knowledge regime and translation theory, with the aim of furthering a seminal conversation between practice theory and action research. Furthermore it illuminates the use of these theories in the context of Nordic countries by presenting a number of case studies on professional development practices, in which specific forms and arenas for enhancing dialogue and meaning making are in focus. The practices of study and research circles, peer group mentoring and dialogue conferences, as developed in the Nordic countries throughout the 20th century, are presented and discussed, both in terms of established traditions and of practices of collaborative development. The book also reflect on the “regional” traditions and educational practices in the Nordic countries are reflected on in the third part of the book.

The volume addresses teachers at all levels in the educational system, particularly those who are interested in understanding educational action research and furthering collaborative forms of professional development, based on insights from different traditions for understanding and furthering the development of educational practices without getting lost.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden

    Karin Rönnerman

  • Åbo Akademi University, Vasa, Finland

    Petri Salo

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Lost in Practice: Transforming Nordic Educational Action Research

  • Editors: Karin Rönnerman, Petri Salo

  • Series Title: Pedagogy, Education and Praxis

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-722-3

  • Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-6209-722-3Published: 04 November 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 240

  • Topics: Education, general

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