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Maxwell, Bronwen; Sharples, Jonathan; Coldwell, Mike – Review of Education, 2022
Models of research use in education tend to focus on specific elements of education systems or underplay the complexity of system change. Within other public policy areas, notably health, more work has been undertaken to integrate systems thinking when considering knowledge mobilisation and research use. In this paper, we survey public policy…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Research Utilization, Public Policy, Policy Analysis
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Stephen MacGregor; Joel R. Malin; Elizabeth N. Farley-Ripple – Peabody Journal of Education, 2022
Education policy continues to press for increased use of research evidence in decision-making, yet decades of research point to weak links between research and practice. We see evidence-informed improvement not as a problem with schools, but with a larger evidence-use ecosystem. As a step toward building and strengthening multidirectional paths…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Educational Policy, Systems Approach, Research and Development
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Burns, Tracey; Rouw, Rien – Educational Governance Research, 2017
In this chapter the authors provide an overview of the evidence-for-education landscape across countries. Although the importance of using evidence to inform policy and practice in education was identified over 20 years ago, many education systems are still struggling to make this a reality. The enormous expansion of publicly available data on…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Educational Practices, Educational Policy, Data Use
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Uneke, C. J.; Ezeoha, A. E.; Ndukwe, C. D.; Oyibo, P. G.; Onwe, F.; Igbinedion, E. B.; Chukwu, P. N. – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2011
This paper presents and discusses the outcome of an exploratory quantitative cross-sectional study of the perceptions of Nigeria health policy makers on capacity for evidence use in policy making at individual and organisational levels. The capacity for acquisition, assessment, adaptation and application of research evidence in policy making at…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence Based Practice, Policy Formation, Public Health
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Minelli, Eliana; Rebora, Gianfranco; Turri, Matteo; Huisman, Jeroen – Quality in Higher Education, 2006
This article focuses on the impact of research and education evaluation on two universities: Trento State University (Italy) and the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands). The article adopts a system approach to evaluation and proposes a model to describe and analyse evaluation systems. The analysis has been carried out by means of in-depth…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comparative Analysis, Research Utilization, Universities
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Akinsanya, Sherri K. – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1984
In commenting on the preceding article by Dobbert et al, maintains that Dobbert's systems approach model for the collection and study of cultural transmission data provides a concrete operational plan for making that data useful in teacher-training and in the classroom, particularly in developing countries. (RDN)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Developing Nations, Educational Anthropology, Elementary Secondary Education
Gronn, Peter – 1983
This monograph discusses Thomas Greenfield's writings and those of his two major detractors, Daniel Griffiths and Donald J. Willower. For nearly a decade Greenfield has attacked traditional theories of educational administration and argued for the centrality of mind in the construction of organizational and administrative reality. An introductory…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Cognitive Mapping, Critical Thinking, Educational Administration
Morris, Andrew – 2002
The purpose of this document is to encourage collaboration in research and development in postsecondary education through providing increased understanding of the diversity of contributions from professional educational researchers, teachers, librarians, and other school personnel. Emphasis is placed on the role of the educational practitioner, as…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Cooperative Planning, Developed Nations, Divergent Thinking
Hughes, Maria; MacPherson, Sally – 2001
The extent to which providers of post-16 vocational education and training (VET) in the United Kingdom are able to secure timely and relevant learning programs to meet sudden and unpredicted changes in local or national skills profiles was examined in a study that included interviews of nine private training providers and 11 further education (FE)…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Case Studies, Check Lists, College Role
2000
This document contains 14 papers from the skills for the new millennium section of an international conference on vocational education and training (VET) for lifelong learning in the information era. The following papers are included: "Research on Vocational Education and Training as a Field for Knowledge Development--Starting Points for the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Career Guidance, Case Studies, Counseling Techniques
Sellin, Burkart, Ed. – 1999
This document contains 23 papers on European trends in vocational education and training (VET) and the development of occupations and qualifications. The following papers are included: "Vocational Socialisation and Competence Development: The Historical Dimension" (Walter R. Heinz); "European Trends in the Development of Vocational…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Communications, Competence, Continuing Education