As Dr Harris says in the video clip, Practitioner Enquiry through action research should be about putting our values into practice, in order to bring about change that will bring improvement regarding these issues. Professional Enquiry requires great involvement in self-reflection, in terms of my own personal and professional values and upon the issues that don’t quite sit right for me.
As the aims of this approach are specifically about to bring improvements, rather than to implement change for the sake of change, and the changes that are made are chosen by the practitioner rather than imposed upon them. it should be a positive, and possibly even emancipatory experience for the practitioner. The benefits of practitioner enquiry is it allows the practitioners to implement and improve the quality of educational theory and practices and thereby significantly improves the quality of a learner’s experiences in their educational journey.
Practitioner Enquiry allows us to develop that sense of self awareness which enables the person to develop a sensitivity of what, why and how your enquiring as a practitioner. Learning to develop Practitioner Enquiry skills is a long process because the practitioner has to challenge their own ideas and values over the time.
