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Books that changed my life: reading and re-reading <i>Learning from Experience</i> by Richard Winter
Educational Action Research, Pages: 1 - 7
Swansea University Author:
Andrew Townsend
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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/09650792.2025.2590608
Abstract
This invited review is part of a series called ‘The Book(s) That Changed My Life’ in which members of our action research community reflect on the seminal texts which have changed the way they think and work. Here, Andrew Townsend, our Coordinating Editor, reflects on his first reading of the book w...
| Published in: | Educational Action Research |
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| ISSN: | 0965-0792 1747-5074 |
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Informa UK Limited
2025
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa71091 |
| Abstract: |
This invited review is part of a series called ‘The Book(s) That Changed My Life’ in which members of our action research community reflect on the seminal texts which have changed the way they think and work. Here, Andrew Townsend, our Coordinating Editor, reflects on his first reading of the book which changed his life … and how it felt to revisit it decades later. My chosen book, Learning From Experience by Richard Winter, was a text I first encountered as a masters student. It helped me think more about my understanding of action research and my role as an educational practitioner. In this article I reflect on my initial reading of Learning From Experience, and on what I believe I have learnt from revisiting a text which was so influential for me. This includes reflections on principles for action research, on reflexivity and on the connection between those topics and the practices of action researchers themselves. I argue that, although my relationship with the field has changed since I first read the book, these are enduring themes of interest to me and, potentially, others working in action research. |
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| Item Description: |
Review Article |
| Keywords: |
Reflexivity, practitioner action research, principles |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Funders: |
Swansea University |
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1 |
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7 |