What’s a Theory of Action and Why Do We Need One?
A wise colleague once noted that even the most researched strategy is no better than your best bet. However certain you may be, you’ll not truly know if it works until you try it. So until it’s proven – in your context, with your students, and with your teachers, it’s still at best (or worst) a guess. A theory. That’s my first point. That strategy is a guess and that there is some theory behind a decision to use one particular strategy over another, or at least there should b