Samantha Jones – författare

Exploring Practitioner Research in Further Education unpacks how people in the Further Education (FE) sector undertake research and the impact it has had on the world around them.Using a newly developed writing framework and offering a practitioner view of approaching and conducting work in the FE system, this book demystifies the process of undertaking research by showcasing the readers’ peers at various stages of the research journey. It draws together research work from general and specialist FE colleges, adult and community learning, offender learning, work-based training, and college-based higher education across the UK. Within these contexts, it makes links to theoretical and practical arguments regarding the usefulness of practitioner-led research. Uniquely, the chapters also explore practitioner- or sector-led models for developing practitioner research within a classroom, within an organisation, and across multiple organisations.Including a range of diverse voices to represent the breadth of FE, this book provides a framework for research, in addition to a space for each author’s authentic voice. This will be a useful text for all teacher educators, professional development leads, senior leaders, and practising teachers and lecturers across the FE sector.

Exploring Practitioner Research in Further Education unpacks how people in the Further Education (FE) sector undertake research and the impact it has had on the world around them.Using a newly developed writing framework and offering a practitioner view of approaching and conducting work in the FE system, this book demystifies the process of undertaking research by showcasing the readers’ peers at various stages of the research journey. It draws together research work from general and specialist FE colleges, adult and community learning, offender learning, work-based training, and college-based higher education across the UK. Within these contexts, it makes links to theoretical and practical arguments regarding the usefulness of practitioner-led research. Uniquely, the chapters also explore practitioner- or sector-led models for developing practitioner research within a classroom, within an organisation, and across multiple organisations.Including a range of diverse voices to represent the breadth of FE, this book provides a framework for research, in addition to a space for each author’s authentic voice. This will be a useful text for all teacher educators, professional development leads, senior leaders, and practising teachers and lecturers across the FE sector.

Professional learning and development by FE teachers, for FE teachers. Celebrating great teaching and learning across the UK's most diverse education sector.  This new title invites you into the minds and classrooms of FE teachers and encourages you to 'think side by side' with them. *Brings together experienced teachers to profile their practice and share learning *Offers a unique view into classrooms and into the practice of experienced teachers *Enables readers to observe and reflect on the work of fellow professionals *Opens up the discussion of what makes great FE teaching *Profiles and highlights the great work and great teachers in FE

Professional learning and development by FE teachers, for FE teachers. Celebrating great teaching and learning across the UK's most diverse education sector.  This new title invites you into the minds and classrooms of FE teachers and encourages you to 'think side by side' with them. *Brings together experienced teachers to profile their practice and share learning *Offers a unique view into classrooms and into the practice of experienced teachers *Enables readers to observe and reflect on the work of fellow professionals *Opens up the discussion of what makes great FE teaching *Profiles and highlights the great work and great teachers in FE

In the past decade the relationship between humans and the environment has taken centre stage in the quest for development that supports both ecological integrity and sustainable livelihoods. This new Reader brings together for the first time a core selection of recently published key articles that have helped define the emerging field of 'environment and development'. The first of three sections covers the ways in which the environment and environmental change have been conceptualized or (mis)understood, with impacts for both scientific understandings of the environment and the growing importance of local environmental knowledge. The second section highlights thematic areas in the environment and development literature including the effect of population and poverty pressures on the environment, the role of key actors in environment and development and the relationship between people and natural resources. The final section addresses the critical issue of environment and development in practice and theory, including conceptual frameworks used in the field in support of sustainable development and rural livelihoods, as well as frameworks, theories and philosophies guiding research. A general introduction and section introductions provide valuable insights by defining the scope of the field and teasing out the critical debates and approaches to the myriad of cross-cutting issues in this complex growing field of study and practice. Setting the debates in the wider literature these introductions also include extensive bibliographies. This is an essential sourcebook that consolidates the core areas of the field of study for students, academics and practitioners in geography, environmental studies, development studies, economics and natural resource management.