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Author Biographies
David Bridgesis Professor Emeritus of the University of East Anglia (where he was formerly
Dean of the School of Education and Pro Vice Chancellor), Emeritus Fellow of St Edmund’s and
Homerton Colleges Cambridge and author, most recently, ofPhilosophy in Educational Research:
Epistemology, Ethics, Politics and Quality.
Alis Oanceais Professor of Philosophy of Education and Research Policy, Director of Research
(Education) and Pro-Proctor at the University of Oxford. Her published work explores the
philosophical entanglements of different modes of research, of research policy and assessment, of
teacher professionalism and educational practice, and of higher education.
Janet Orchardis a teacher educator in the School of Education, University of Bristol. Her recent
publications include“The Contribution of Educational Research to Teachers’Professional
Learning—Philosophical Understandings”(2014) and“What training do teachers need? Why
teachers need theory”IMPACT 22 (Wiley Blackwell 2015). She co-editedLearning Teaching
from Experience: Multiple Perspectives, International Contexts(2014).
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