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SPF President Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

SPF Board President Dr. Lonnie Rowell received the Lifetime Achievement Award in School Counseling Leadership from the San Diego County Office of Education on Friday, May 12, 2023. The  award was given as a part of the County Office’s annual Honoring Excellence in School Counseling Leadership gathering. The award was presented by Tanya Bulette, Counseling Coordinator for the San Diego […] Read Moreabout SPF President Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

SPF Launches New Essay Series

In June of 2017 more than 300 people gathered at the Convention Center in Cartagena, Colombia, for a social experiment in “Knowledge Democracy.” The daylong event – the 1st Global Assembly for Knowledge Democracy (GAKD) – was organized by the Action Research Network of the Americas (ARNA) in partnership with the global Pedagogy, Education, and Praxis (PEP) Network based in […] Read Moreabout SPF Launches New Essay Series

SPF Announces a New Grant

Social Publishers Foundation is pleased to announce a grant for practitioner-research in school counseling. Due to the generosity of board member Andres Martin, the Foundation is now accepting proposals from school counselors engaged in social justice initiatives in public schools. The practitioner-research should include close collaboration between students in the school and at least one counselor in addressing an issue […] Read Moreabout SPF Announces a New Grant

SPF Article Included in Sri Lanka Science Journal

SPF President Lonnie Rowell has authored an article in the Sri Lankan journal Gaveshana, which is the journal of the country’s Institute for Research and Development (IRD). Academic members of IRD include epidemiologists, psychiatrists, physicians, geneticists, veterinarians, public health specialists and people from many other disciplines. The IRD mandate is “to promote an overarching research culture in Sri Lanka” and […] Read Moreabout SPF Article Included in Sri Lanka Science Journal

SPF Welcomes Two New Advisory Board Members

Nancy Murphy has devoted herself to healthcare as a Nurse Practitioner and Action Researcher in hospital and clinical practice settings. She has been teaching courses in Nursing as associate professor at Rutgers University and as assistant professor in the graduate nursing program at Howard University.  Nancy is the Chair of the Action Research Network of the Americas (ARNA) Health Equity […] Read Moreabout SPF Welcomes Two New Advisory Board Members

SPF Launches Its Blog Site

On July 1, 2021, SPF launched a new feature on its platform for practitioner research. The SPF Blog, https://www.socialpublishersfoundation.org/blog/, is a space in which issues of policy-making, practitioner research, research in general, and larger contexts of strengthening democratic societies will converge. As SPF Board President Lonnie Rowell puts it, “Blog posts will draw on the SPF knowledge base and other […] Read Moreabout SPF Launches Its Blog Site

SPF launches new submission Portal for Essays

SPF announces the addition of a new option for publishing with Social Publishers Foundation. Authors may now submit Essays for consideration as SPF publications. This new publishing feature in the SPF Knowledge Base is intended to broaden and deepen the discussion of issues and topics relevant to practitioner research and to the topic of knowledge democracy in general. Although relevant […] Read Moreabout SPF launches new submission Portal for Essays

UNESCO Chair endorses Social Publishers Foundation

SPF has received the endorsement of the UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education (CBR & SP in HE). Here is the information on UNESCO in CBR & SP in HE: UNESCO Chair in CBR & SP in HE is based at the University of Victoria (UVic) and the Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA), this Chair […] Read Moreabout UNESCO Chair endorses Social Publishers Foundation

Call for Nominations for the Martha Farrell Award

SPF has been contacted by colleagues in India regarding an annual award recognizing the life of a passionate civil society leader and gender equality advocate. Nominations from India-based people and organizations are now being sought for The Martha Farrell Award. The Martha Farrell Award for Excellence in Women’s Empowerment and Gender Justice was established in 2016 in collaboration with Rural […] Read Moreabout Call for Nominations for the Martha Farrell Award

SPF Board Members Hold Virtual Meeting with Scottish Teachers

SPF Board President Lonnie Rowell and Publication Director Eunsook Hong presented a zoom session to a group of teachers in Scotland on January 15, 2021. The session addressed SPF’s mission and publishing with SPF, among other topics. The meeting was organized by the Action Research Grants program of The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS). The EIS is the largest teaching […] Read Moreabout SPF Board Members Hold Virtual Meeting with Scottish Teachers

SPF participates in Knowledge Democracy Initiative with the Action Research Network of the Americas (ARNA)

Social Publishers Foundation recently announced its participation in a new project being organized by ARNA. As a part of its Knowledge Democracy Initiative, https://knowledgedemocracy.org/, ARNA has launched a Social Solidarity project using PhotoVoice. The project is taking place online on the knowledge democracy web site, https://knowledgedemocracy.org/projects-and-events/arna-social-solidarity-project/. According to Meagan Call-Cummings, a member of the Knowledge Democracy Initiative Team, and an […] Read Moreabout SPF participates in Knowledge Democracy Initiative with the Action Research Network of the Americas (ARNA)

Keynote Address by SPF Board President

Board President Lonnie Rowell delivered a keynote address at the 2019 international conference co-sponsored by CARN (Collaborative Action Research Network) and ALARA (Action Learning, Action Research Association). The conference took place in Split, Croatia from October 17-19. Dr. Rowell addressed the role of action research in relation to the current global crisis. He called on the global action research community […] Read Moreabout Keynote Address by SPF Board President

SPF Welcomes a New Board Member, Dr. Margaret Riel

Dr. Riel is the Director of the Center for Collaborative Action Research which publishes action research projects from Pepperdine University. At the Center, she has created a set of online tutorials for learning how to engage in action research which is used in 180 countries. Dr. Riel was a co-founder of the Action Research Network of the Americas (ARNA) and […] Read Moreabout SPF Welcomes a New Board Member, Dr. Margaret Riel

New Book Chapter by SPF Board Member

A chapter by SPF Board President Lonnie Rowell is included in the newly published Wiley Handbook of Action Research in Education edited by Craig A. Mertler (2019).  Rowell’s chapter examines rigor in educational action research in the larger context of education research. Beginning with the understanding that essentially rigor is simply the quality of being extremely thorough and careful in conducting […] Read Moreabout New Book Chapter by SPF Board Member

New Publication by SPF Board Members

Two SPF Board members published an article regarding the importance of practitioner research. Abstract: We discuss democratizing knowledge production and dissemination in education illustrated in two parts that challenge the current knowledge monopoly. Our discourse includes (a) problematic cultivation of the status quo in the hierarchy of knowledge value in the U.S. as a component of civic illiteracy and (b) […] Read Moreabout New Publication by SPF Board Members

SPF Board President Completes Speaking Tour

SPF Board President Lonnie Rowell recently completed a speaking tour of six universities in England. Rowell spoke on the theme “knowledge democracy and educational action research” at Edge Hill University (Ormskirk), Liverpool Hope University (Liverpool), University of Nottingham, University of Northampton, University of Cumbria (Lancaster), and Cambridge University. His talks were based on his work with SPF, the Educational Action […] Read Moreabout SPF Board President Completes Speaking Tour

SPF Board President Chairs International Conference

Lonnie Rowell, SPF Board President, chaired the 6th Annual Conference of the Action Research Network of the Americas (ARNA) from June 28-30 at the University of California, San Diego. The conference included more than 100 presentations by action researchers, participatory action researchers, and practitioner-researchers from around the world and throughout the Americas. SPF was a co-sponsor of the conference. Rowell […] Read Moreabout SPF Board President Chairs International Conference

Two-language publication initiative

Social Publishers Foundation now accepts submissions in German, Portuguese, and Spanish, in addition to English. When the editorial process for a non-English submission is completed, the report will be published in two languages: the Non-English version and the English version. The initiating non-English reviewers are:  Elia Fernández-Díaz, University of Cantabria, Cantabria, Spain, Spanish Reviewer  Katharina Heissenberger, University College […] Read Moreabout Two-language publication initiative

New sponsorship by Educational Action Research Journal

Social Publishers Foundation (SPF) is pleased to announce that Educational Action Research: An International Journal (EARJ) has become an SPF sponsor. EARJ Coordinating Editor Dr. Andrew Townsend of the University of Nottingham, England, initiated the sponsorship as a way to show support for the Foundation’s work in promoting practitioner-research. EARJ is a peer-reviewed Journal published five times a year by Taylor & […] Read Moreabout New sponsorship by Educational Action Research Journal

SPF FORMS NEW PARTNERSHIP TO ENHANCE SHARING OF PRACTITIONER RESEARCH

The Social Publishers Foundation (SPF) announces the establishment of a partnership with a university in Lincolnshire, a county in the East Midlands area of England. Bishop Grosseteste University (BGU) was founded in 1862 and has roots as a teacher training college. It now offers a range of courses in education, business, psychology, sociology, sports, theology, and health and social care. […] Read Moreabout SPF FORMS NEW PARTNERSHIP TO ENHANCE SHARING OF PRACTITIONER RESEARCH

SPF Welcomes a New Member of the Advisory Board

Antony Luby is a Senior Lecturer in Teacher Development with Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln, United Kingdom. During the last 30 years he has taught in a variety of settings including secondary schooling and higher education. Antony holds Masters degrees in educational research and theology from the Universities of Oxford, Strathclyde and Aberdeen. Awarded a Fellowship by Professional Record from the […] Read Moreabout SPF Welcomes a New Member of the Advisory Board

SPF Funds Collaborative Action Research Grant

The Social Publishers Foundation announced today that it has selected the inaugural grant of the new Rowell Collaborative Action Research fund. The first grant is for a project in Fremont, California. The project involves collaboration between a School Counselor-in-Training, a high school Career & College Specialist, and an English Language Specialist in organizing and providing a high school to community […] Read Moreabout SPF Funds Collaborative Action Research Grant

SPF Knowledge Base adds first project from the United Kingdom

Social Publishers Foundation President Lonnie Rowell announced today that a school-based practitioner research project from England has been added to the foundation’s knowledge base. The project, completed by a primary school teacher in the town of Bawtry, which is in South Yorkshire, England, focused on involving parents and students in re-visioning and re-organizing the school’s approach to homework. SPF Secretary/Treasurer […] Read Moreabout SPF Knowledge Base adds first project from the United Kingdom