Jenny Gilbert

About the Author

Jenny Gilbert is an author and researcher whose work explores how educational inquiry can be shaped by critical realism and systems thinking. Her writing brings together conceptual clarity, methodological rigor, and practical attention to teacher education, offering readers thoughtful tools for examining complex educational settings. In Soft Systems Methodology in Education: Applying a Critical Realist Approach to Research on Teacher Education, Gilbert considers how researchers can use soft systems methodology to investigate educational questions while attending to context, structure, and human experience. Her work will interest educators, researchers, postgraduate students, and readers seeking reflective approaches to educational research.