Professional Development in Higher Education: A Theoretical Framework for Action Research

Abstract

Part 1 Praxis in higher education: practical reasoning the dialectical relationship between theory and practice in higher education. Part 2 Theory in higher education: theories of knowing and learning Kelly's personal construct theory Leontiev's theory of action. Part 3 The integration of theory and practice: action research educational research methodology. Part 4 Professional development: methods and strategies of professional development priorities for professional development in the 1990s.