Action Research for Educators – In Conversation with Jack Whitehead

Jack Whitehead is a Visiting Professor of Education with the University of Cumbria and was previously an Adjunct Professor at the Liverpool Hope University and a Lecturer in Education with University of Bath. Jack's professional career has embraced a discipline of educational research, which recognizes the contribution of enhancing professionalism in education by adding the educational knowledge generated by individual educators to the professional knowledge-base of education, through Action Research and the development of Living Educational Theories. Living educational theory is a paradigm for scientific research in the academic discipline of education in which a teacher theorises her/his own professional practice. Jack has conducted workshops on Action Research, Living Educational Theory Research, Coaching, Mentoring, and Professional Development throughout the world from the UK, to China, Africa, Australia, USA, and South America.Dr. Mike Russell, who teaches an Action Research for Educators module on the CPID programmes within the Technological University of the Shannon, speaks with Jack about how Action Research and Living Educational Theory can be employed by teaching staff within Higher Education to research and improve their own pedagogical practice.This podcast was recorded in February 2024 and was funded by the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, the Higher Education Authority, and the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation and Development Department within the Technological University of the Shannon.