Innovative Research Methodologies: The learning schools approach

This podcast is the fifth in a series commissioned by the Research Methodology in Education Special Interest Group to showcase the variety of methodologies and methods being undertaken by researchers in education. In this episode, Dr Bukola Oyinloye, co-convenor of the RME SIG is in conversation with Dr Rebecca Jesson and Dr Mei Kuin Lai. They discuss the learning schools approach, an approach where researchers and practitioners work in partnership to co-design rigorous research and development to sustainably solve urgent and shared problems of practice.

They discuss the main tenets of the approach, their work with schools and communities in the Pacific Islands, how the approach counters the global learning crisis, and some challenges of the approach. You may read more about the learning schools approach in their book, Research-practice Partnerships for School Improvement: The Learning Schools Model. You may also read more about their work with indigenous communities in the Pacific Islands here.