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Making Science Education Evidence-Based? Reflections on a Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP) Study
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Traianou, Anna; Hammersley, Martyn – Oxford Review of Education, 2008
There are some important ambiguities in discussions about the implications of "evidence-based practice", both for educational research and for the work of teachers. In this paper we explore several of these through examining the Evidence-based Practice in Science Education (EPSE) study--part of the Teaching and Learning Research…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Educational Research, Science Education, Teaching Methods
The Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research: Working to Increase Our Practice and Policy Evidence Base
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Zlotnik, Joan Levy; Solt, Barbara E. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2006
This invitational update on the Institute for the Advancement of Social Work Research (IASWR) provides an overview of the work and progress toward strengthening the evidence base for social work practice and policy through research. The article includes information regarding IASWR work with its supporting social work organizations to provide a…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Technical Assistance, Social Work, Theory Practice Relationship
Using Systematic Reviews to Investigate Research in Early Childhood
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Penn, Helen; Lloyd, Eva – Journal of Early Childhood Research, 2006
This article explores how the evidence base for aspects of early childhood has been explored using systematic research synthesis methods developed at the Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPI-Centre). Three early childhood systematic reviews have been carried out using EPPI-Centre procedures and tools. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inferences, Early Childhood Education, Action Research