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In this article, members of the Learning without Limits research team describe the establishment and work of the Learning without Limits network. This network brings together practitioners, school leaders, academics and others involved in education to further develop approaches to anti-determinist pedagogy, and to consider the issues which arise. <blockquote>We urge teachers, wherever possible, to do their thinking in the company of others, seeking help, sharing complexities, supporting each other by building collective power in schools, local networks and contacts with higher education institutions. (Swann et al 2012, p. 118)</blockquote> Learning without Limits is a body of research dedicated to developing approaches to teaching and learning free from the constraints imposed by fixedability thinking. It was, and continues to be, developed through partnerships between teachers and academics. This way of working ensures that the ideas and principles developed through the study of individual teachers and schools are rooted in authentic, real-life contexts. But sustained support is needed if a wider group of teachers and schools is to engage with, take forward and build innovatively on the insights derived from previous projects. In this article, we describe what we have been able to do, with very limited resources, to create conditions in which the kinds of professional learning needed to foster Learning without Limits can flourish.

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