Purpose: In the COVID-19 era, where blended learning is gaining popularity, research-informed teaching could be one of the alternatives or options to assess students' progress in Higher Education institutions. In the past, educators have assessed students' research skills gained from research-informed teaching through coursework components or…

As the integration of academic teaching and research with communities of practice is considered a major concern of public administration since its founding as a field, professional programmes were established on the premise that there is a positive relationship between practice and scholarship. However, the balance between them is considered…

When students, parents, educators, and partners have the right information to make decisions, students excel. One of the most powerful sources of information for families, educators, and policymakers about education is the high-quality analysis and research conducted by trained and engaged experts across the country. Their work gives us answers…

I am grateful to the Editor for giving me excuse to delve into the fossil record. I confidently hope that my article was written before most of The Australian Library Journal's present readership was born. I am happy to stay with my pragmatic attempt at a definition of research as an intensified search undertaken with the hope of finding something…

Fostering data-driven decision-making is not an easy task, nor is getting busy people's attention in this age of information overload. How we write about and disseminate our findings can help. Writing to the audience, timing, formatting, choice of medium, and connecting results to institutional goals and current, even controversial, issues are…

Discusses new roles for physics research in cooperating with other sciences and applying physical principles for the general benefit of mankind. (MLH)

Educational research occupies a pivotal position as educators move to meet growing social challenges. Educational change must be a logical outcome of systematic, controlled, empirical, and critical investigation. Improvement of research is dependent upon increased interaction of research specialists and vocational educators. Some major…

This document presents a technical report on faculty research to the Montana Commission on Postsecondary Education. Recommendations suggest: (1) There must be recognition of the fact that faculty members of the Montana University System are users and communicators of a vast array of existing knowledge developed within the larger regional national…

The article provides an overview of research needs in vocational education; lists some problem areas; discusses research methods and statistical treatment of data; and touches upon sponsorship, dissemination, and future research challenges. (MW)

A critique of research objectives and funding patterns of the National Institute of Education, as well as recommendations for change, with special reference to the needs of minority groups and the Puerto Rican community. (EH)

Discusses attempts to find suitable technology to solve city problems, and to search for ways to heal the breach between planning and politics. (DM)

The relationship of pure and applied research to the practitioner in the area of recreation, park, and leisure services is outlined, including various approaches to research and their value. (JMF)

This book emphasizes the importance of research to the school psychologist. Written in a conversational style, it looks at research as a tool for problem solving and a basis for action rather than as an academic exercise. Research is described as an interaction, a point of contact to get things moving, a different way of seeing a problem. The…

PARTICIPANTS IN A CONFERENCE OF CALIFORNIA JUNIOR COLLEGE PRESIDENTS AND RESEARCH DIRECTORS CONSIDERED (1) THE PURPOSES AND= USES OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH, (2) THE SCOPE OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH, WITH PAPERS GIVING THE POINTS OF VIEW OF A COLLEGE PRESIDENT, THE COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, AND THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, (3)…