Teacher researchers - sustaining professional learning Kerkham, Lyn and Hutchison, Kirsten 2004, Teacher researchers - sustaining professional learning, English teaching : practice and critique, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 88-98. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Teacher researchers - sustaining professional learning Author(s) Kerkham, Lyn Hutchison, Kirsten orcid.org/0000-0003-4113-5975 Journal name English teaching : practice and critique Volume number 3 Issue number 2 Start page 88 End page 98 Publisher University of Waikato, School of Education Place of publication Hamilton, New Zealand Publication date 2004-09 ISSN 1175-8708 Keyword(s) Professional learning professional development teacher research literacy pedagogy teacher knowledge Summary In this paper we argue for an approach to professional development which supports teachers to engage in sustained intellectual inquiry and to investigate the conditions in their classrooms that might make a difference for students at risk of not succeeding at school. We focus on the work of one primary school teacher involved in the research project Teachers investigate unequal outcomes in literacy: Cross generational perspectives and explore the effects that redesigning her literacy curriculum had on her professional identity and the literacy outcomes for one of the children in her class. We suggest that the principles of building theory and practice, positioning teachers as agentive, and making a space for teachers to bring new – and renewed – professional knowledge to their work are principles of practice that energise and sustain teachers and their day-to-day classroom work. Such principles deserve attention, particularly at a time when teacher quality and professional standards are in the minds of policy makers. Language eng Field of Research 130313 Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30008766 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Social and Cultural Studies in Education Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 13 Oct 2008, 15:41:22 EST Wed, 13 Jan 2010, 10:59:37 EST Wed, 13 Jan 2010, 11:04:59 EST Wed, 27 Aug 2014, 21:39:40 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 836 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 13 Oct 2008, 15:41:22 EST