Socratic Questions - Abstract section
The following questions are intended to help you construct your abstract.
- What professional context or challenge led me to examine my practice more closely, and why did it matter to me? - Concise context, specific trigger/problem
- What guiding value emerged through my research as important to me to express more fully in my practice, and how did I come to recognise it? - Named value in practitioner language
- What question emerged in the course of my research, and why was creating a valid answer important to me? - Clear, single guiding question
- What methods helped me to identify and communicate my values, recognise contradictions, and evaluate and learn to improve my educational influences in learning, grounded in LET? - LET framing; methods named
- How did I test the validity of my emerging knowledge claims during the course of my research? - Critical friends, peer-validation groups, Communities of Practice etc.
- What aspect of my practice has changed as I have engaged in Living Educational Theory Research, and what educational, values-laden influence have I had (if any) as a consequence: - in my own professional learning and development - In the learning and development of the social formation and - In the learning and development of those who comprise it,? = Specific changes, not platitudes
- What ethical issues did I identify and address?
- How does my learning contribute to knowledge of values-based practice? - Stated contribution
- How did my engagement with Living Educational Theory Research support my development as a knowledge-creator, and as a professional practitioner?
Aim to complete this section in 230 words. Maximum 230 words