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Figure 33: Zone of InterlocutionWere the above model <strong>to</strong> be general<strong>is</strong>ed for the professional development context it might looklike that presented in figure 34:Th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> a model with which currenteducation professionals might be familiar,since they are expected <strong>to</strong> <strong>take</strong> account oftheory, integrate it with their daily work(practice) <strong>and</strong> access <strong>and</strong> deliver it throughICT (see www.ttrb.ac.uk orFigure 34: General<strong>is</strong>t interpretationwww.think.com).I have chosen <strong>to</strong> use the term 'theory', <strong>here</strong>, since it was th<strong>is</strong> that we were exhorted <strong>to</strong> use on theTTRB <strong>by</strong> Leask <strong>and</strong> White (2004) <strong>and</strong> Leask (2010) when what they actually meant was'evidence-based practice'. Atkinson <strong>and</strong> Clax<strong>to</strong>n (2000), Dadds <strong>and</strong> Hart (2001), Hayes et. al.(2004) <strong>and</strong> Whitehead <strong>and</strong> McNiff (2006), albeit from widely differing perspectives, mightargue that th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> a limited underst<strong>and</strong>ing of 'theory' in educational settings. My intention inusing the term <strong>here</strong> <strong>is</strong> <strong>to</strong> signal my belief that professional educa<strong>to</strong>rs need <strong>to</strong> have a theoreticalbas<strong>is</strong> for their actions. Th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong> in keeping with the insights of Leask et. al. (2004, 2010) but also<strong>take</strong>s account of the contested notions of the nature of theory articulated <strong>by</strong> the other scholars286Simon Hughes Ph.D. Thes<strong>is</strong> (Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 2012)

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