This article presents a conceptual framework for analyzing how researchers and district leaders perceive and navigate differences they encounter in the context of research-practice partnerships. Our framework contrasts with images of partnership work as facilitating the translation of research into practice. Instead, we argue that partnership…

The role of co-investigator, in which the teacher leaves the classroom for half a day to work on a selected research project, is delineated. Teacher collaborators become involved as active participants with professional researchers in all phases of the research project in progress. The issues involved in collaboration, including the…

Describes the positive effects of collaborative teacher teams. Such team efforts can produce good research, provide professional development, and encourage greater collegial interaction. Includes reference list. (MD)

Weaknesses in the field of education that have implications for collaborative research are considered, and education is compared to the more mature professions of health sciences and engineering which have agreed-upon standards and controls. Educational practitioners and researchers are seen as turning to collaborative decision making to bridge…

To gain insight into the nature of cooperative and collaborative processes and to contribute information to those considering similar research, an effort was initiated by a school district and a research center to work together in a "collaborative" mode. It was anticipated that the needs of the school district would be addressed, that the goals of…

In this address before the American Educational Research Association, the director of the National Institute of Education discusses the leadership role of that agency in educational improvement and emphasizes the importance of cooperation between research and practice communities, between administrators and policymakers, and among federal, state,…

Suggests that policymakers and educators take advantage of the present opportunity to alter fundamentally the nation's understanding of the role and importance of education research in achieving education improvement. Discusses the need for restructuring the federal research program and calls for the creation of the National Institutes for…

In spite of a diminishing amount of money available for educational research, a demand still exists for research and evaluation. This paper discusses how to initiate cooperative research between local education agencies and neighboring universities and educational labs and centers. First, the paper identifies problems in the development of…

Describes a collaborative project in which university faculty members, graduate students, public and private school teachers, and sixth and seventh grade students worked closely together to develop and evaluate a new middle school social studies curriculum. (HOD)

This program is designed to make the concept of the new school possible -- one that provides a variety of learning situations and guarantees learning opportunities for all individuals. The report makes recommendations in four areas that foster the new school concept: (1) technical assistance and evaluation support for school-based projects using…

Literature and research on higher education are analyzed in an international and comparative context. After summarizing the development of higher education as a field of study, the following kinds of research arrangements in Europe are discussed: individual scholars, university research centers/departments, independent research centers, national…