Lost in Practice: Transforming Nordic Educational Action Research / / edited by Karin Rönnerman, Petri Salo.

• Superior document: Pedagogy, Education and Praxis
• HerausgeberIn: Rönnerman, Karin.; Salo, Petri.
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : SensePublishers :, Imprint: SensePublishers,, 2014.
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: 1st ed. 2014.
• Language: English
• Series: Pedagogy, Education and Praxis
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Karin Rönnerman and Petri Salo -- Traces of Nordic Educational Traditions / Karin Rönnerman and Petri Salo -- The Practical Knowledge Regime, Teachers’ Professionalism and Professional Development / Tor Vidar Eilertsen and Rachel Jakhelln -- Action Research and Translation Studies / Torbjørn Lund and Eli Moksnes Furu -- The Nordic Tradition of Educational Action Research / Petri Salo and Karin Rönnerman -- The Practice of Peer Group Mentoring / Lill Langelotz and Karin Rönnerman -- Research Circles / Karin Rönnerman and Anette Olin -- From Transmission to Site-Based Pofessional Development / Liselott Forsman , Gunilla Karlberg-Granlund , Michaela Pörn , Petri Salo and Jessica Aspfors -- The Power of Risk-Taking in Professional Learning / Ann-Christine Wennergren -- Development Teams as Translators of School Reform Ideas / Eli Moksnes Furu and Torbjørn Lund -- Research Partnership in Local Teaching Programme Work / Svein-Erik Andreassen -- Reflection on Practice-Theory, Critical Friendship and Teachers’ Professional Development / Gunnar Handal professor emeritus -- Reflections on how the Theory of Practice Architectures is Being Used in the Nordic Context / Stephen Kemmis -- Reflections on how Folk Enlightenment Is Used in a Nordic Context / Bernt Gustavsson -- Reflections on the Politics of Practice / Blair Stevenson -- Contributors / Karin Rönnerman and Petri Salo -- Index / Karin Rönnerman and Petri Salo.