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Education Research Symposium

Education Research Symposium. Panel Presentation Jane O’Dea. Issues to address. Knowledge mobilization Partnerships and collaboration. Knowledge mobilization. Traditional form of knowledge mobilization - university teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate level

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Education Research Symposium

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  1. Education Research Symposium Panel Presentation Jane O’Dea

  2. Issues to address • Knowledge mobilization • Partnerships and collaboration

  3. Knowledge mobilization • Traditional form of knowledge mobilization - university teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate level • Students provided the opportunity there to explore critically both the wisdom of tradition and new research • Importance of universities continuing to value and promote excellent teaching

  4. Knowledge Mobilization • Caution re allowing research emphasis on effective learning and policy implementation to overshadow other important forms of research • Need to always locate research on learning and policy within the “big picture” one that questions the social, ethical and psychological impact of policy • Example of thoughtless implementation of policy: the education offered First Nations students in residential schools

  5. Knowledge Mobilization • 21st Century renaissance learner demands a liberally educated teacher someone who can help them make connections across a range of research paradigms • Important therefore to ensure that priorities identification does not exclude or subtly devalue other important areas of research • Suggestion that research literacy be explicitly incorporated into teacher preparation programs

  6. Partnerships & Collaboration • Practicum experiences the place where new research findings and experiential knowledge, values and beliefs can meaningfully be integrated. • Working together, master teachers, students and professors can explore and develop innovative teaching • Practicum therefore a fertile site for collaborative research initiatives that could truly make a difference

  7. Partnerships and Collaboration • Time a major challenge in research initiatives - cannot simply be added on to already packed teaching or research agendas • Lessons learned from the Blackfoot: “it’s all about relationship” • Importance of diverse stakeholders taking time to talk with one another, to develop trusting relationships and thereafter together identify priorities

  8. Engagement • Excellence in research is always founded on passionate inquiry - the fervent desire to know and understand • Such passion cannot be assigned or legislated, rather it is a gift rooted in the commitment of scholars • Important therefore to keep an open rolling agenda, that promotes and encourages exploration in all areas and that celebrates and values diverse research passions

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