I believe that I have a responsibility as a professional educator to theorise my practice, that is, to create explanations for what I am doing and judge the efficacy of what I do against standards that arise from recognising my own living educational values as they emerge through my practice. I am part of my world so I appreciate I have to take account of the constraints, opportunities and demands emanating from my employers, the communities in which I live and work and government agencies. I hope that teachers and other educators reading this paper will hear the words of the children and adults who are seeking to improve and explain their own learning as they hold themselves to account by living their values as best they can and be inspired to try to do the same.
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