@article{Groundwater-Smith_2015, title={Commentary: Being Hospitable to Teacher Research: A Challenge for the Academy}, volume={8}, url={https://learninglandscapes.ca/index.php/learnland/article/view/Commentary-Being-Hospitable-to-Teacher-Research-A-Challenge-for-the-Academy}, DOI={10.36510/learnland.v8i2.691}, abstractNote={<p>In my brief contribution to this edition of LEARNing Landscapes, focusing as it does upon teacher research, integrating action, reflection, and observation, I have chosen to discuss, in particular, the right of teacher research to be recognized and affirmed by the academy in the form of hospitality; a right that is being compromised more and more by the burgeoning neo-liberal culture that dominates so many of our institutions. I argue, in spite of the constraints that are put in its way, that teacher research makes a significant contribution to the development of professional knowledge and, like other aspects of professional practice, is also subject to those parameters that determine quality.</p&gt;}, number={2}, journal={LEARNing Landscapes}, author={Groundwater-Smith, Susan}, year={2015}, month={Aug.}, pages={15-22} }