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Netta Tiippana; Tiina Korhonen; Hanna Reinius; Kai Hakkarainen – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2025
This study examines educators' experiences of implementing research--practice partnership (RPP) in three schools in Finland's capital area. The data consisted of educator interviews (N = 12) and self-report questionnaire responses (N = 101). Teachers' experiences were traced by data-driven thematic analysis of the interviews and quantitative…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Principals, Administrator Attitudes, Research and Development
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Kirsi Pulkkinen; Timo Aarrevaara; Mikko Rask; Markku Mattila – Research Evaluation, 2024
In this paper we investigate the practices and capacities that define successful societal interaction of research groups with stakeholders in mutually beneficial processes. We studied the Finnish Strategic Research Council's (SRC) first funded projects through a dynamic governance lens. The aim of the paper is to explore how the societal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Relationship, Stakeholders, Researchers
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Malmberg-Heimonen, Ira Elena; West, Brady T.; Vuori, Jukka – Research on Social Work Practice, 2019
Objective: This study reevaluates the effects of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of job search interventions on labor force participation. In the trial, various methods of job search interventions were included, of which about half were research-based JOBS (Job Opportunity and Basic Skills) interventions and the other half were practice-based,…
Descriptors: Job Search Methods, Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship, Randomized Controlled Trials
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Eryaman, Mustafa Yunus, Ed.; Schneider, Barbara, Ed. – Educational Governance Research, 2017
This volume draws together interdisciplinary approaches from political philosophy, social work, medicine and sociology to analyze the theoretical foundations and practical examples of evidence-based and evidence-informed education for the public good. It presents a range of conceptions of the evidence-based and evidence-informed education and a…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Evidence Based Practice, Educational Theories, Educational Research
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Janasik, Nina – International Journal of Learning and Change, 2011
The notions of user involvement and user orientation have become popular catchphrases in innovation research and practice. Central in this research are the ideas that knowledge about users leads to better design, and that the interests of users and producers need to be aligned. In another field of research, scholars have long recognised the…
Descriptors: Semantics, Innovation, Program Development, Research and Development
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Heiskanen, Tuula – International Journal of Lifelong Education, 2006
Gender equality is a widely recognized value. Still, on the practical level, it is not easy to achieve true gender equality. Gender has proved to be a complicated issue both for research and practice. Gender change projects trying to make changes in detected disadvantages have repeatedly run into a problem: it is difficult to put gender issues on…
Descriptors: Social Structure, Adult Education, Action Research, Gender Issues