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What’s the use of research in education?

What’s the use of research in education? . Mark Rickinson Dean’s Lecture, May 2014 . The use of research in education: What do we know? . ‘a surprisingly small literature on the impact of educational research on policy and practice’ (NERF, 2000) .

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What’s the use of research in education?

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  1. What’s the use of research in education? Mark Rickinson Dean’s Lecture, May 2014

  2. The use of research in education: What do we know?

  3. ‘a surprisingly small literature on the impact of educational research on policy and practice’ (NERF, 2000)

  4. ‘only a few studiescast light on the ways in which teachers understand and use research in their practice’ (John & Prior, 2003)

  5. Studies of research • Studies of access and awareness • Studies of engagement and use • Studies of users • Empirical studies • Conceptual studies

  6. Varied

  7. Rickinson et al. (2003)

  8. Adapted from Estabrooks(2001)

  9. Indirect

  10. 572 school staff % INSET 73 Official publications 66 Accredited courses 66 Books 62 Newspapers 57 Journals 56 Other teachers 34 TV 26 Everton et al. (2002) • 40 staff (research-active schools) • Internet (first point of call) • Print (newspapers, prof. journals, newsletters) • CPD (courses, conferences) • Mediators (advisors, school leaders, research partners) • Sanders et al. (2005)

  11. 384 policy makers % • Internet search 95 • Colleagues (meetings) 91 • Colleagues (email/phone) 87 • Forums/networks 73 • […] • Dept. library 24 • Head et al. (2013)

  12. Levin (2004)

  13. Contextual

  14. ‘Research use is a highly contingent process that shifts across settings and over time.’ • (Nutley et al., 2007)

  15. The use of research in education: What should we do?

  16. ‘Educational researchers are practitioners in an engaged social science.’ (Edwards, 2002)

  17. ‘Knowledge mobilization in the field of education is still a relatively new area.’ (Qi & Levin, 2011)

  18. ‘Developing the necessary know-how [...] is not part of mainstream academic training.’ (Cherneyet al., 2012 )

  19. Rickinson et al. (2011)

  20. ‘Research use requires more study. While we know much about research use, there is much yet still to uncover.’ (Nutley et al., 2007)

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