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Majid Ghasemy; James Eric Gaskin; James A. Elwood – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2024
Purpose: The direction of causality between job satisfaction and job performance (known as the holy grail of industrial psychologists) is undetermined and related research findings in different organizational contexts are mixed. Based on the ample literature, mainly from Western countries, on the relationship between job satisfaction and job…
Descriptors: Industrial Psychology, Models, Higher Education, Job Satisfaction
OECD Publishing, 2022
Across the OECD, enormous effort and investment has been made to reinforce the quality, production and use of education research in policy and practice. Despite this, using research in education remains a challenge for many countries and systems. The OECD launched the Strengthening the Impact of Education Research project to respond to this…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Theory Practice Relationship
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Farley-Ripple, Elizabeth; Karpyn, Allison E.; McDonough, Kalyn; Tilley, Katherine – Educational Governance Research, 2017
In this chapter, the authors argue that stronger connections between research and practice in education are inherently a public good. The authors discuss recent efforts by the US Government to encourage production of better education research, and more effective application of this research to practice. The current educational policy climate,…
Descriptors: Theory Practice Relationship, Models, Educational Research, Evidence Based Practice
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Ward, Phillip; Mitchell, Murray F.; Lawson, Hal A.; van der Mars, Hans – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2021
The physical education teacher education (PETE) faculty charged with oversight and delivery of initial teacher licensure programs confront several challenges. Some necessitate responses to revised and new standards, while others can be reframed as timely opportunities for improvement and innovation, whether in response to or in anticipation of…
Descriptors: Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Barriers, Skill Development
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Zhou, Shike – Best Evidence in Chinese Education, 2021
Teaching research system is a unique professional community of education and teaching research in China. It is an important driving and leading force in promoting evidence-based reform in education in China. Using fifteen-year exploration of evidence-based reform in education in Jiangsu Province as a case, this paper presents the ways and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Evidence Based Practice, Educational Change
Hunt, Erika L., Ed.; Hood, Lisa, Ed.; Haller, Alicia M., Ed.; Kincaid, Maureen, Ed. – Routledge Research in Education Policy and Politics, 2019
Providing an in-depth look at the processes, pitfalls, and successes that can emerge from major education reform efforts at the state level, this volume covers the full policy change cycle in the development and transformation of the Illinois principal preparation program. Offering perspectives from the major stakeholder groups involved in…
Descriptors: Principals, Administrator Education, State Policy, Educational Policy
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Faubert, Brenton Cyriel; Le, Anh Thi Hoai; Wakim, Georges; Swapp, Donna – International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2019
This article reports on a rigorous approach developed for calibrating the Evidence-Based Adequacy Model to suit the Ontario K-12 public education context, and the actual calibrations made. The four-step calibration methodology draws from expert consultations and a review of the academic literature. Specific attention is given to the technical…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Public Education, Models, Foreign Countries
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Baldwin, Sue; Ventresca, Assunta R. C. – Journal of School Health, 2020
Background: In this case study, multiple participants in a large urban school district used the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) model to guide development of a district wellness policy. The model's health education component is highlighted, focusing on concerns for special needs students and ones speaking English as a New…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Health Education, Case Studies
Smith, Nelson; Wright, Brandon – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2017
The purpose of this brief is to support stakeholders in their efforts to influence how states use the mandatory 7 percent Title I school improvement set-aside in the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)--an allocation that could total more than $5 billion nationwide over the next five years. First, the authors provide an overview of the ESSA's school…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Educational Improvement, Resource Allocation
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Brown, Chris; Zhang, Dell – Educational Management Administration & Leadership, 2017
This article has three aims: first, it examines the notion of evidence-informed practice and its benefits, as well as recent educational policy designed to promote schools' use of evidence. Second, it examines four distinct but overlapping and interdependent factors that school leaders need to consider if they wish to establish evidence-informed…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Educational Policy, Educational Improvement, Research Utilization
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Sunderman, Gail L. – National Education Policy Center, 2017
A recent report offers a how-to guide for reform advocates interested in removing communities' democratic control over their schools. The report explains how these reformers can influence states to use the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) Title I school improvement funds to support a specific set of reforms: charter schools, state-initiated…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Educational Change, Educational Quality
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Green, Chris; Taylor, Celia; Buckley, Sharon; Hean, Sarah – International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 2016
Whilst systematic reviews, meta-analyses and other forms of synthesis are considered amongst the most valuable forms of research evidence, their limited impact on educational policy and practice has been criticised. In this article, we analyse why systematic reviews do not benefit users of evidence more consistently and suggest how review teams…
Descriptors: Synthesis, Literature Reviews, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Drewes, Andrea – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The purpose of this study is to investigate science teacher identity development as climate change educators. In applying the theoretical construct of identity as narrative to investigate the climate change related instructional experiences, I posed the overarching question: How do teachers' lived experiences shape their science teacher identity…
Descriptors: Professional Identity, Climate, Change, Environmental Education
Kriewaldt, Jeana, Ed.; Ambrosetti, Angelina, Ed.; Rorrison, Doreen, Ed.; Capeness, Ros, Ed. – Springer, 2018
This book describes, problematises and theorises professional practice research in a range of Australian settings to provide evidence of robust, wide-ranging and contemporary approaches to professional experience in initial teacher education. It presents the latest research and evidence from those currently involved in innovative programmes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preservice Teacher Education, Teacher Education Programs, Educational Innovation
Booth, Julie L.; McGinn, Kelly M.; Young, Laura K.; Barbieri, Christina – Grantee Submission, 2015
Findings from the fields of cognitive science and cognitive development propose a variety of evidence-based principles for improving learning. One such recommendation is that instead of having students practice solving long strings of problems on their own after a lesson, worked-out examples of problem solutions should be incorporated into…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Problem Solving, Models, Textbooks
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