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Rickinson, Mark; Cirkony, Connie; Walsh, Lucas; Gleeson, Joanne; Cutler, Blake; Salisbury, Mandy – Educational Research, 2022
Background: There are growing expectations internationally that schools and systems will use research evidence to inform their improvement efforts. Such developments raise important questions about what it means to use research evidence "well" in education. Purpose: To date, there has been wide-ranging debate about what counts as quality…
Descriptors: Evidence, Research Utilization, Health Services, Education
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Koichu, Boris; Aguilar, Mario Sánchez; Misfeldt, Morten – ZDM: Mathematics Education, 2021
Implementation has always been a paramount concern of mathematics education, but only recently has the conceptualizing and theorizing work on implementation as a phenomenon begun in our field. In this survey paper, we conduct a hermeneutic review of mathematics education research identified as related to the implementation problematics. The first…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Educational Research, Program Implementation, Stakeholders
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Gorard, Stephen; See, Beng Huat; Siddiqui, Nadia – Review of Education, 2020
For decades there have been calls by concerned stakeholders to improve the quality of education research, and some progress has been made towards creating a more secure evidence base in some areas. More programmes and approaches that have a reasonable evidence base are now also being used in schools (but not in policy, and not necessarily because…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evidence, Evidence Based Practice, Educational Policy
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2015
Implementation science is about finding ways to integrate research evidence into decisions made in real-world settings. The overall goal of implementation science in the juvenile justice field is to find different strategies to encourage and facilitate the use of research on what works and what doesn't work, in order to improve the policies and…
Descriptors: Juvenile Justice, Program Implementation, Theory Practice Relationship, Research Utilization
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Cain, Tim – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
In this paper, I argue that the movement for research utilisation in education can be seen as part of an attempt to alter the foundations on which teachers base their decisions, replacing liberal values with which teaching has been associated, with the values of "what works." I review the empirical literature around teachers' use of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Utilization, Educational Research, Evidence Based Practice
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Barber, Stephen; Luke, Peter – Teaching Public Administration, 2016
Research can be a powerful tool informing public administration teaching. This article takes the distinctive approach of exploring its use through the prism of the research itself by considering 10 publications by the article's authors. The existing literature revolves around students learning about the craft of research or research findings. By…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Research Utilization, Relevance (Education), Instructional Innovation
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Levin, Ben – Review of Education, 2013
This paper is about the relationship between research, policy and practice in education. It outlines reasons for the increased interest in research and its impact and describe some of the difficulties in studying this relationship. A conceptualization of the knowledge mobilization process is presented that identifies three overlapping and…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Educational Research, Research Needs
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Bell, Erica – Rural Society, 2008
This paper aims to contribute to reflection on how rural research can better serve rural communities. Using the results of literature searches across the disciplines, it explores some major 21st Century debates about improving the usefulness of research for policy and practice. The paper begins with an examination of different debates in…
Descriptors: Rural Areas, Research, Interdisciplinary Approach, Research Utilization
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Stancliffe, Roger J.; Jones, Edwin; Mansell, Jim; Lowe, Kathy – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2008
Background: Active Support (AS) is an approach for promoting increased engagement in activities by people with intellectual disability (ID). Method: We critically reviewed the available research on AS, and added a commentary to help guide future research and practice. Results: Despite weaknesses in the research design of some studies, there is…
Descriptors: Research Design, Mental Retardation, Caseworker Approach, Individualized Programs
Short, Darren; Keefer, Jeffrey M.; Stone, Sophia J. – Online Submission, 2006
There is a recognized gap between HRD practice and HRD research. In recent years, actions have been taken to understand and close the gap, and more are planned. Those efforts would benefit from a greater understanding of how the gap is experienced and addressed in other professions. This paper summarizes a literature review of material from other…
Descriptors: Labor Force Development, Human Resources, Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship
Willson, Victor L. – 1986
Methodological deficiencies inherent in expert-novice reading research make it impossible to draw inferences about curriculum change. First, comparisons of intact groups are often used as a basis for making causal inferences about how observed characteristics affect behaviors. While comparing different groups is not by itself a useless activity,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Problems, Reading Research, Research Methodology, Research Problems
Heesacker, Martin – 1986
This paper highlights three sources that may have important implications for the future of social influence research in counseling. The first source presented is a major new literature review by P. Paul Heppner et al. that reviews the literature on social influence on counseling and updates earlier reviews. The discussion focuses on three main…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories, Research Utilization
Brophy, Jere – 1987
This report offers guidelines for appropriately interpreting and using "teacher effects" research (research linking teacher behavior to student outcomes). Attention is given to the potential uses and abuses of such research, and limitations of the nature and use of scientific data on teacher effects are discussed. Ways that instructional…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Research Utilization, Teacher Student Relationship
Simmons, Joanne M. – 1985
A study examined the impact of assuming the role of action researcher in one's own classroom as an example of inquiry-oriented, professional staff development. The study was a part of a comprehensive, longitudinal investigation of the impact of certain professional development experiences on K-12 classroom teachers. A review of the literature and…
Descriptors: Action Research, Inservice Teacher Education, Research Utilization, Staff Development
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Fenstermacher, Gary D. – Theory into Practice, 1987
An educative approach to teacher change gives teachers access to new knowledge and understanding in ways that will assist them in taking possession of that knowledge and to work out its implications and its consequences for their own settings and contexts. (CB)
Descriptors: Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Research Utilization, Teacher Attitudes
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