Introduction and Editorial Perspective on Practitioner Research

This edited collection brings together a diverse set of practitioner researchers who offer insights grounded in their own professional settings, challenges, and priorities. At its heart, this book is a contribution to the growing body of work that takes practitioner research (PR) seriously – not only as a methodological stance, but as a way of knowing, acting, and enriching education.

Our aim is to foreground PR as a meaningful, rigorous, and impactful approach to inquiry. Across the chapters, contributors explore the possibilities and constraints of conducting research from within their professional roles, bringing attention to both the richness and complexity of practitioner-led inquiry. In doing so, the book offers a window into the realities of researching practice from within, often with the intention of improving that very practice.