Reflections on conducting educational research projects in Papua New Guinea Evans, Terry, Guy, Richard, Honan, Eileen, Paraide, Patricia and Muspratt, Sandy 2010, Reflections on conducting educational research projects in Papua New Guinea, Journal of research and reflections in education, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 72-89. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads evans-reflectionsonconducting-2010.pdf Published version application/pdf 201.02KB 201 Title Reflections on conducting educational research projects in Papua New Guinea Author(s) Evans, Terry orcid.org/0000-0001-5087-5727 Guy, Richard Honan, Eileen Paraide, Patricia Muspratt, Sandy Journal name Journal of research and reflections in education Volume number 4 Issue number 2 Start page 72 End page 89 Publisher University of Education Place of publication Lahore, Pakistan Publication date 2010-12 ISSN 1995-5243 Keyword(s) international collaborative research teachers' professional development action research conducting surveys in remote regions Summary This article discusses how work on an AusAID-funded impact study of major elementary school reforms influenced the research design of a subsequent Australian Development Research Award project investigating the development of sustainable professional learning communities for primary school teachers in remote places of PNG. The authors reflect on how their different backgrounds, roles, experiences and expertise influenced the design and conduct of the projects and, in particular, how the experiences of the action research and survey methods used on the first project shaped the design of the second. The participating elementary school teachers were encouraged, through action research approaches, to develop self reflexive attitudes to their professional work, and to engage in critical reflection of their roles and practices. Accordingly, this article adopts a self-reflexive position towards the authors’ work as academics and researchers as they endeavoured to produce methodologies that are academically rigorous, contextually suitable, and epistemologically appropriate for PNG. Language eng Field of Research 130313 Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators Socio Economic Objective 930202 Teacher and Instructor Development HERDC Research category CN.1 Other journal article ERA Research output type C Journal article HERDC collection year 2010 Copyright notice ©2010, University of Education Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30033081 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Education Higher Education Research Group Open Access Collection 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. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 02 Mar 2011, 11:32:35 EST Wed, 02 Mar 2011, 11:42:47 EST Tue, 22 Mar 2011, 13:21:02 EST Thu, 24 Mar 2011, 11:24:03 EST Fri, 25 Mar 2011, 07:42:05 EST Fri, 25 Mar 2011, 07:43:22 EST Wed, 06 Apr 2011, 08:55:18 EST Tue, 17 May 2011, 08:55:47 EST Wed, 08 Jun 2011, 12:58:50 EST Thu, 09 Jun 2011, 08:48:52 EST Mon, 27 Jun 2011, 09:09:12 EST Mon, 05 Sep 2011, 08:54:09 EST Thu, 22 Mar 2012, 07:27:14 EST Tue, 22 May 2012, 09:10:54 EST Fri, 24 Aug 2012, 16:14:38 EST Mon, 29 Apr 2013, 14:58:53 EST Tue, 05 Dec 2017, 10:47:34 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 15:18:03 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 618 Abstract Views, 202 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 02 Mar 2011, 11:32:30 EST by Terry Evans