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Yang, Yijun – British Educational Research Journal, 2023
This study presents some of the current methodological issues regarding the analysis and comprehension of educational policy transfer, with particular emphasis on the issue of structure and agency. It suggests some shortcomings of current educational policy transfer research in dealing with the complex interaction between structure and agency. To…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Technology Transfer, Policy Formation, Vocational Education
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Oliver, Sandy – London Review of Education, 2023
Ann Oakley, pioneering social researcher for nearly 60 years, is Professor of Sociology and Social Policy at IOE (Institute of Education), UCL's Faculty of Education and Society (University College London, UK). This article explores the innovation and influence of her work and the work of her close colleagues at the Social Science Research Unit…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Interdisciplinary Approach, Social Science Research, Evidence Based Practice
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Finnigan, Kara S. – Educational Policy, 2023
This article discusses what we know about the underlying social and political conditions shaping research evidence use in education and how this applies to Research-Practice Partnerships (RPPs). It discusses types of use, political dynamics and processes, brokers and intermediaries, and racial dynamics and lenses. It also recommends strategies for…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Partnerships in Education, Politics of Education, Research Utilization
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Heather M. Reynolds; Ron Avi Astor – Education and Urban Society, 2024
Currently, there is a national level debate on security-based school safety policies and practices, particularly in relation to the presence of police in schools. Decisions about school safety are discussed at the district level by administrators and board of education members who may not be aware of the importance of utilizing local data to…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Public Policy, Policy Formation, Urban Environment
Dukes, Dominique – MDRC, 2021
The Evidence to Action project (2019-2021), led by MDRC and the State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) and supported by Arnold Ventures, initiated a body of work designed to disentangle the barriers that exist between research and state-level higher education policy and partnered with state higher education agencies to…
Descriptors: State Policy, Educational Policy, Higher Education, Educational Research
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Braun, Henry – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2023
It is a much-lamented fact that research with the potential to inform or influence education policy instead remains policy inert. There are many reasons for this frustrating state of affairs, including a lack of strategic thinking on the part of researchers on how to successfully accomplish outreach--as opposed to communication with peers…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Persuasive Discourse
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Powell, Justin J. W. – Comparative Education, 2020
Comparative education relies on experiences, expertise, data, and criticism derived from multiple contexts and diverse levels to generate insights, facilitate understanding, and explain change. Marked by connectivity, our contemporary era vastly increases the (potential) diffusion of ideas essential for scientific advance. Three interlocking…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Competition, Cooperation, Interdisciplinary Approach
Equity Assistance Center Region II, Intercultural Development Research Association, 2020
This literature review summarizes research and policy considerations regarding the connection between housing and school segregation. This relationship was an early and consistent theme in civil rights law, emerging in key school desegregation cases in the 1970s and in implementation of the 1968 Fair Housing Act. But since that time, the divide…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Policy, Housing, Transportation
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Gray, Lena – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2020
This article conceptualises the relationship between exam board insider research and the policy-making context in which they operate. Exam board researchers are constrained by commercial and political interests in disclosing their knowledge. and face pressures in disseminating research, but also find themselves working in contexts where calls to…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Educational Policy, Standard Setting, Exit Examinations
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Serpell, Zewelanji N. – Educational Psychologist, 2020
There is an ongoing debate about how best to infuse "evidence" into school evaluation and reform efforts, and what role education researchers can play in this effort. A lot of support has been garnered for evidence-based reform or policies that place a premium on practices that have been proven effective using rigorous research methods;…
Descriptors: Public Policy, Educational Policy, Educational Change, Evidence Based Practice
Office of Educational Technology, US Department of Education, 2023
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) is committed to supporting the use of technology to improve teaching and learning and to support innovation throughout educational systems. This report addresses the clear need for sharing knowledge and developing policies for "Artificial Intelligence," a rapidly advancing class of…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Policy
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McGimpsey, Ian; Bradbury, Alice; Santori, Diego – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2017
This article gives an account of the use of knowledges from emerging scientific fields in education and youth policy making under the Coalition government (2010-15) in the UK. We identify a common process of "translation" and offer three illustrations of policy-making in the UK that utilise diverse knowledges produced in academic fields…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Neurosciences, Networks
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Menter, Ian – British Educational Research Journal, 2014
In his inaugural Presidential Address, given to the BERA Conference 2013 at the University of Sussex, Ian Menter addresses a number of issues concerning educational policy and the contributions that educational research might make to policy development. As BERA approaches its fortieth anniversary, he also sets out some of the responsibilities that…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Professional Associations
Merrill, Lisa; Lafayette, Camille; Goldenberg, Shifra – Research Alliance for New York City Schools, 2018
Research has begun to show that certain schoolwide characteristics--such as student-centered learning environments, leadership, and safety--can be important for improving student outcomes. In keeping with these insights, school improvement efforts around the country are becoming less narrowly focused on the performance of individual students and…
Descriptors: Design, School Districts, School Surveys, Partnerships in Education
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Jones, Emily; Gaudreault, Karen; Henninger, Mary; Williams, Skip – Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2019
The purpose of this article is to provide physical education teacher education (PETE) faculty and program directors/administrators with an introduction to stakeholder think tanks as a structured collaborative decision-making approach for conceptualizing the integration of contemporary, practice-oriented issues into university-level teacher…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Preservice Teachers
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