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Tour, Ekaterina; Creely, Edwin; Waterhouse, Peter – TESOL in Context, 2020
Despite the professional learning benefits that may be realised through participation in research, many institutions and teachers are reluctant to get involved. They (correctly) anticipate that it will require some time, effort, and commitment. They may understand that research is important for improving education practices but more direct and…
Descriptors: Adult Educators, Language Teachers, English (Second Language), Participatory Research
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Ranchod, Rushil – Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice, 2017
This paper examines the formation and operation of a research-policy nexus in a research-based national-level government department intervention to improve skills planning policy in South Africa. Through the lens of evidence-informed policymaking, it reflects on understandings of evidence use in policy; it explores the interactions between actors…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Theory Practice Relationship, Intervention, Policy Formation
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Hanks, Judith – Language Teaching Research, 2015
This article critically examines the implementation of Exploratory Practice in an English for academic purposes (EAP) context in a British university. The innovation involved challenges as well as opportunities for uniting learning, teaching and research. Particular emphasis is given to two teachers, who are the focus of this article: the story of…
Descriptors: English for Academic Purposes, Foreign Countries, Universities, Program Implementation
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Jones, Rob – Accounting Education, 2017
This paper examines the potential contribution of engagement between accounting education researchers and practitioners. Drawing from a case where researchers and practitioners worked together to improve student employability, the paper examines researcher:practitioner engagement from both sides by exploring the potential benefits of participating…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Accounting, Business Administration Education, Educational Researchers
Myra C. Y. Lee – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2018
The research design of a study involves continual refinement through experiential processes. This case study demonstrates the importance to novice researchers of conducting a pilot study to test the feasibility of the study's research design and practice data collection (in this instance, interviewing skills). The case study is based on an…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Doctoral Students, Student Attitudes, Foreign Students
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Cain, Tim – Journal of Education for Teaching: International Research and Pedagogy, 2015
Recent policy statements have urged greater use of research to guide teaching, with some commentators calling for a "revolution" in evidence-based practice. Scholarly literature suggests that research can influence policy and practice in "instrumental," "conceptual" or "strategic" ways. This paper analyses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Academically Gifted, Teaching Methods
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Adams, Pamela – Canadian Journal of Action Research, 2016
This paper describes a two-year action research study of 20 pre-service teachers (referred to in the context of this study as intern teachers) in their final 15-week practicum, during which they engaged in a type of action research known as collaborative inquiry. Over the course of their practicum, these intern teachers were interviewed monthly to…
Descriptors: Action Research, Preservice Teachers, Cooperation, Inquiry
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Fiorentini, Dario; Crecci, Vanessa Moreira – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2015
For more than 30 years, Dr. Marilyn Cochran-Smith has developed and directed research and contributed to publications about education and "practitioner research," especially about teachers' research and learning in inquiry communities. Her primary topics are inquiry communities, teacher research, teacher education for social…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Educational Research, Interviews, Profiles
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Akinwunmi, Kathrin; Höveler, Karina; Schnell, Susanne – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2014
Erich Christian Wittmann is one of the primary founders of mathematics education research as an autonomous field of work and research in Germany. The interview presented here reflects on his role in promoting mathematics education as a design science. The interview addresses the following topics: (1) The importance of subject matter in…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Design
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Alrø, Helle; Dahl, Poul Nørgård – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present an approach to group coaching in the workplace that can enhance shared learning in groups and teams through dialogue as opposed to group members' individual positioning through discussion and debate. Design/methodology/approach: An action research project conducted throughout one year in…
Descriptors: Groups, Coaching (Performance), Work Environment, Action Research
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Morales, Marie Paz E.; Abulon, Edna Luz R.; Soriano, Portia R.; David, Adonis P.; Hermosisima, Ma. Victoria C.; Gerundio, Maribel G. – Issues in Educational Research, 2016
Action research is viewed as a path towards better student achievement. This track may be attained through the reflective nature instilled in the teacher that sparks initiatives to promote better classroom practices in the aspects of pedagogy, assessment, and parental involvement. This descriptive survey explores Filipino teachers' conceptions of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Science Teachers, Mathematics Teachers
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Salmon, Diane; Gardiner, Wendy – Action in Teacher Education, 2016
The faculty research residency (FRR) model was launched in 2010, with the goal of transforming coursework to improve the preparation of teachers for high-need schools. The FRR model leveraged school-university partnerships and situated university faculty in high-need schools to conduct research related to the university courses they taught. This…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Education, Communities of Practice, Models
Coburn, Cynthia E.; Penuel, William R.; Geil, Kimberly E. – William T. Grant Foundation, 2013
Pressures are increasing on educational policy and practice to use research to guide improvement. Recently there have been concerted efforts to forge new and different kinds of relationships between researchers and practitioners. School districts across the country are developing a new kind of partnership with researchers. These research-practice…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Educational Improvement, School Districts, Theory Practice Relationship
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Warin, Jo – Qualitative Inquiry, 2011
This article draws on the articulation of a value for reflexivity that has accumulated within qualitative methods debates in the past decade. It demonstrates how reflexivity is interwoven with the concept of ethical mindfulness. The argument has developed from a consideration of the ethical dilemmas that were a salient aspect of an ongoing…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Ethnography, Guidelines, Ethics
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Henshon, Suzanna E. – Roeper Review, 2010
This article presents an interview with Ann Robinson, a professor of educational psychology and founding director of the Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She is the president of the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), a former editor of the Gifted Child Quarterly (GCQ), and was the first Editor…
Descriptors: Gifted, Educational Psychology, Editing, Biographies
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