| Summary: | In this paper I share my vision of professional development
based on my experience and research over a 40-year career in
primary, secondary and tertiary education in Ontario, Canada
and in the last 5 years as an international mentor of graduate
and post-graduate practitioner-researchers. I begin with my
socio-historical-cultural context as a teacher and system leader
in a 30,000-student school district in Ontario, Canada where I
encouraged and supported teacher-research as professional
development. I describe and explain how this approach to
professional development using Living Educational Theory
Research has evolved through my writings over 25 years.
Finally, I advocate for the creation of living-educationaltheories in Cultures of Inquiry, using dialogue as a research
method with visual data for improving professional
development for the future and for the flourishing of humanity.
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