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fill the gaps in their knowledge, skills <strong>and</strong> underst<strong>and</strong>ing – the needs they have for professionallearning.Th<strong>is</strong>, then, <strong>is</strong> my living theory. I believe that the au<strong>to</strong>/biographic research process, written up inchapter 4, has generated <strong>some</strong> fresh theoretical perspectives on professional learning. They haveemerged from the case study of myself, in keeping with the methodology of 'living theories', bu<strong>to</strong>n d<strong>is</strong>semination, I think these perspectives may be assimilated <strong>by</strong> others, re-worked <strong>to</strong>illuminate other professional contexts, provide meaning <strong>to</strong> others in analogous contexts or maybe applied in programme development activities.Were any of these <strong>to</strong> be the case, my living theory would acquire the status of 'conceptualunderpinning' or 'theoretical perspective'. <strong>It</strong> could even become a methodological approach forothers researching their own professional contexts. In my view, the theoretical framework <strong>is</strong>most applicable in the context of teacher initial or in-service education, but e-learningprogrammes in other professional d<strong>is</strong>ciplines might well benefit from the adoption or adaptationof th<strong>is</strong> model.297Simon Hughes Ph.D. Thes<strong>is</strong> (Oc<strong>to</strong>ber 2012)

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