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Brown, Chris; Zhang, Dell – Journal of Educational Administration, 2016
Purpose: Whilst beneficial, the use of evidence to improve teaching and learning in schools is proving difficult to achieve in practice. The purpose of this paper is to shed new light on this issue by examining the applicability of a model of rational behaviour as relates to the notion of evidence-informed practice (EIP). Specifically, exploring…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Evidence Based Practice, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Behavior
Ashby, Dianne; and Others – 1995
Principal-preparation programs require students to take research courses; however, principals are often unprepared to apply research skills in school settings. This paper discusses approaches to using data for decision making in a site-managed school. It describes one high school's efforts to apply research and recommends that…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Utilization, High Schools, Information Utilization
Friesen, Barbara J. – 1989
This historical paper focuses on improving the dissemination of research results to persons with disabilities and their families. It discusses how to determine the nature and form of the information to be disseminated, as well as the methods for reaching intended audiences. Recommended state-of-the-art methods of dissemination for making research…
Descriptors: Children, Diffusion (Communication), Disabilities, Educational Research
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Sindelar, Paul T.; Brownell, Mary T. – Teacher Education and Special Education, 2001
Discussion of the research-to-practice gap in special education focuses on the dissemination problems of scale, school politics, and social and institutional contexts, including schools of education. Recommendations include improving access to a teacher friendly research knowledge base, improving preservice education, creating broader staff…
Descriptors: Diffusion (Communication), Disabilities, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Louis, Karen Seashore; Jones, Lisa M. – 2001
Dissemination in career and technical education does not simply disperse information, new products, new practices and materials, and new ideas designed to stimulate local change but does so in ways that promote its use. Federal efforts to promote dissemination of research-based information in education are: (1) deeply indebted to the agricultural…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Delivery Systems
Vocational Technical Education Consortium of States, Decatur, GA. – 2000
The Linkage System is a process that was designed in 1997 to improve academic performance for all students and to enhance work force quality by linking academic content standards to occupational skill standards. The Linkage System is based on research and development conducted by the Vocational-Technical Education Consortium of States (V-TECS).…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Academic Standards, Classification, Competence