Breaking Down Barriers to Facilitate Teachers Engaging With Research

• In Event: Marriott Roundtable Session 62
  In Roundtable Session: Research Use Across Contexts: A Look at Higher Ed, K–12 and Community

Abstract

This paper looks at recent research to propose a conceptual model for teaching as a profession. It brings together the empirical and theoretical research base from research use, practitioner/action research, educational leadership, and learning communities. Three specific research studies conducted by the author provide the foundation for the model, which conceptualizes teaching as a profession in which teachers acquire, grow, and apply a locally created and communally advanced body of “specialized knowledge”.

Author

• Daniel A. Laitsch, Simon Fraser University