The following is a video link on practitioner research from Dr Rob Mark, Queen's University Belfast.  This presentation was made by Dr Mark in Canada recently at a practitioner research conference in adult learning. 

http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofEducation/Staff/AdministrativeandTechnical/MrAlanReid/ConferencePresentation/

United Kingdom Forum for International Education and Training (UKFIET):
http://www.ukfiet.org/

Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE):
http://www.srhe.ac.uk/events.asp

United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) – Section of Education:
http://portal.unesco.org/education/en/ev.php

United Nations University (UNU):
http://www.unu.edu/

British Education Research Association (BERA):
http://www.bera.ac.uk/

American Education Research Association (AERA):
http://www.aera.net/

Association for Higher Education (ASHE):
http://www.ashe.ws/

The Inter-University Council for East-Africa (IUCEA):
http://www.iucea.org/

Southern African Association for Institutional Research (SAAIR):
http://www.saair.org.za/public/index.asp?pageid=512

Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI):
http://www.esai.ie/

The World Council of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES):
http://www.wcces.net/

UNESCO Teacher Training Initiative for Sub-Saharan Africa (TTISSA)

http://www.unesco.org/en/ttissa/

Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2008

http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0015/001547/154743e.pdf

Teacher Education in Sub-Saharan African (TESSA)

http://www.tessafrica.net/