An obvious reply to these two lines of questioning might be that T-R's would
publish in order to participate in a larger community of like-minded souls
to continue the process of their learning by reflection on their work
through their own writing for others, and by consideration of the thoughtful
response of those like-minded others. Similarly, I suppose a T-R
publication would be any publication which encourages this kind of learning
community. So, such a publication is going to be continuous with the
language and interests of such a community.
But...as I plod slowly (but stubbornly!) along at my thesis while holding
down a full-time teaching job, I can't help reflecting on Angel's comment
that the time constraints of non-university teaching are frequently hostile
to the demands of writing for the traditional publication. This makes me
wonder if journals and periodicals are really all that appropriate (or even
useful) a medium for the creation of communities of teacher researchers. I
am slowly getting to the point where I think traditional publication forms
(periodicals, books) may not be that appropriate for the building of a T-R
community, and may be favoured only as a first response simply because we
are used to seeing formal academic researchers communicating in this way.
--glenn
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