Applying Theory to Educational Research

Jeff Adams is Professor of Education at the University of Chester and Principal Editor of the International Journal of Art and Design Education. He is the author of Documentary Graphic Novels and Social Realism (2008) and co-author of Teaching Through Contemporary Art (2008). Matt Cochrane is Senior Lecturer in Education at Edge Hill University. He is a co-author of Teaching Science (2009).Linda Dunne is Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow at Edge Hill University. She is a member of the British Educational Research Council.

• About the Contributors vii Preface xiiiAcknowledgements xvIntroduction 1Jeff Adams, Matt Cochrane and Linda DunnePart I New Voices: Beginning Researchers Apply Theory 111 Learning and Maintaining Professional Expertise Within a Multi-Professional Critical Care Team 15Jill Cochrane2 The 'Q' Standards and Initial Teacher Training: The Discursive Formation of Teachers and their Trainers 31Paul Bartle3 Power and Status Theories in Teachers' Professional Development 47Karen Castle4 The Process of Technology Learning: Applying Bruner's Theory on Play, Discovery and Cultural Learning to the Acquisition of ICT Capability 61Paula BeerPart II Emergent Voices: Accounts by Researchers Becoming Familiar with the Use of Theory 755 Teachers' Professional Identity: Theoretical Perspectives on Workplace Learning in the Teaching Context 81Rob Foster6 Children's University Aspirations and the Effects of Cultural and Social Capital 95Matt Cochrane 7 Finding Theory Through Collaborative Research 109Clare Woolhouse8 How Applying a Discourse-Based Approach to Investigate Inclusion Changed a Research Project and a Way of Thinking 123Linda DunnePart III Voices of Experience: Accounts by Researchers Versed in the Use of Theory 1399 Should I be Singing This, and if So, How High?: Theoretical Approaches to Boyhood and Masculinity 145Martin Ashley10 Theorizing from Bricolage: Researching Collaboration in Art and Design Education 157Madeleine Sclater11 Constructivism and the Pedagogy of Teacher Education: Reflections on Practice 175Graham Rogers12 Developing Professional Practice through Action Research: Theory-Generative Approaches in Practitioner Research 189Mary McAteer13 Art Practice as Education Research 203Jeff AdamsPostscript 219Jeff Adams, Matt Cochrane and Linda DunneIndex 221