List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

Preface

Jeanne McConachie

Foreword

Ian Stronach and Maggie MacLure

Editorial Introduction

Phyllida Coombes, Mike Danaher and Patrick Alan Danaher

Section One: Researching Language and Literacies

Edited by Patrick Alan Danaher

• Section One Section Introduction

Patrick Alan Danaher

• Chapter One: (De)Constructing Educational Risk: A Discursive and Ecological Approach to Research

Robyn Rowan

• Chapter Two: Research Is Not a Dirty Word: The Risks Involved in Trying to Overcome the Teacher/Theorist Divide

Jenny McDougall

• Chapter Three: Ethical and Political Dimensions of Strategic Risk-Taking in Research

R. E. (Bobby) Harreveld

• Chapter Four: Developing a Critical Writing Course: A Risky Business

Sue McIntosh

• Chapter Five: Freedom to Live: The Ethical Responsibilities of Researching a Hero.s Journey

Jenny Simpson

Section Two: Research Collaborations

Edited by Mike Danaher

• Section Two Section Introduction

Mike Danaher

• Chapter Six: The Risks and Realities of Researching Relationships: A Case of Collegiality

Lucy Jarzabkowski

• Chapter Seven: Doing Research with Teachers, Parents and Students: The Ethics and Politics of Collaborative Research

Carmen Mills and Trevor Gale

Section Three: Researching Environments and Spaces

Edited by Phyllida Coombes

• Section Three Section Introduction

Phyllida Coombes

• Chapter Eight: (En)Gendering Risk: Reflecting on Risks and Dilemmas When Researching Academic Women in a Hostile Terrain

Teresa Moore

• Chapter Nine: Moralising Risky Environments: The Ethical and Political Nature of Environmental Education Research

Mike Danaher

• Chapter Ten: Navigating Without Fixed Points: The Perils of Open Ended Research

Martin Levinson

• Chapter Eleven: Inter-systemic Research and Collaboration: Ethical and Political Dimensions and Elements of Risk Among Cooperative Communities

Beverley Moriarty

• Chapter Twelve: Mobilising Spatial Risks: Reflections on Researching Venezuelan and Australian Fairground People.s Educational Experiences

Emilio A. Anteliz, Geoff Danaher and Patrick Alan Danaher

Section Four: Researching Technologies

Edited by Mike Danaher

• Section Four Section Introduction

Mike Danaher

• Chapter Thirteen: No More Bricks in the Wall: Researching Postmodernism, post-Literacy and Education

Bernadette Walker-Gibbs

• Chapter Fourteen: Technological Agents?: Exploring the Ethics, Risks and Politics of Researching Non-human Actants

Jo Luck

Respondent.s Conclusion: Cui Bono?

Máirín Kenny

Notes on Contributors

Index

Mike Danaher