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Reflections on the Research to Practice Gap.

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Gersten, Russell; Smith-Jones, Joyce – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2001

This article highlights major points of each of the articles in this special issue on the research to practice gap in special education. It then considers some broader implications, especially the need to foster and establish collegial networks to counter the isolation in which many teachers currently work. (Contains references.) (DB)

Descriptors: Collegiality, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching

Research to Practice Dissemination, Scale, and Context: We Can Do It, but Can We Afford It?

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Sindelar, Paul T.; Brownell, Mary T. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2001

Discussion of the research-to-practice gap in special education focuses on the dissemination problems of scale, school politics, and social and institutional contexts, including schools of education. Recommendations include improving access to a teacher friendly research knowledge base, improving preservice education, creating broader staff…

Descriptors: Diffusion (Communication), Disabilities, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education