In her exploration of research in practice in Alberta, Rebecca Still (in Horsman and Woodrow, 2006) asked a group of literacy practitioners to create collages about the concept. The participants commented that the collage making process helped them unfold their thinking about research in practice.

Image of Research in Practice
By Alberta practitioners

This collage outlines the process. First you choose the tools you will use to collect your data. Then you go out and do the mouse work, gathering the facts and inding all the details. While you are doing this you keep track of everything. As you go along you will shine a spotlight on some of the facts and details that you ind. Then you need to step back, look at everything with an eagle eye and spend some time relecting. Hopefully that will lead you to an "Aha!" Prepared by Lorene Anderson.
Reprinted from Horsman & Woodrow (Eds.), Focused on practice, 2006, p. 154.