Educational Research And Evidence Based Practice

Author : Richard Pring,Gary Thomas
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2004-03-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780335228058

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Evidence-based Practice in Education by Richard Pring,Gary Thomas Pdf

"Where does hunch end and evidence begin? Too much is written and said about school improvement - about improvements in teaching and learning - with far too little attention to this question. This book provides vivid discussion from distinguished protagonists and antagonists about what gets called 'evidence-based practice'. Reading it, all involved in education - policymakers and practitioners alike - can proceed more confidently."- Professor Tim Brighouse, London Schools Commissioner The movement to evidence-based practice in education is as important as it is controversial, and this book explores the arguments of leading advocates and critics. The book begins with an explication of evidence-based practice. Some of the ideas of its proponents are discussed, including the Campbell Collaboration, and the application to education of Cochrane-style reviews and meta-analyses. The thinking behind evidence based practice has been the subject of much criticism, particularly in education, and this criticism is aired in the second part of the book. Questions have been raised about what we mean by evidence, about how particular kinds of evidence may be privileged over other kinds of evidence, about the transferability of research findings to practice, and about the consequences of a move to evidence-based practice for governance in education. Given that the origins of the interest in evidence-based practice come largely from its use in medicine, questions arise about the validity of the transposition, and contributors to the third part of the book address this transposition. The issues raised in the book, while primarily those raised by educators, are of relevance also to professionals in medicine, social work and psychology.

Author : Professor Martyn Hammersley
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781446227268

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Educational Research and Evidence-Based Practice by Professor Martyn Hammersley Pdf

Combining classic articles that have been key markers in recent debates with some new material, this book addresses the problems involved in educational research and the issues surrounding its contribution to policymaking and practice. The authors examine the diverse approaches within qualitative research and address some of the key areas which have attracted criticism. They consider what role research should play and examine the case for randomised controlled trials and for action research. The book is suitable for any undergraduate or postgraduate student concerned with educational research methodology, as well as those focusing on educational policy and practice, and students doing PhDs and EdDs.

Author : Keith Taber
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781446291702

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Classroom-based Research and Evidence-based Practice by Keith Taber Pdf

This refreshing Second Edition offers a helpful overview of educational research for those training to be teachers, or setting out on classroom-based research projects. The book illustrates the nature and logic of the research process, and supports readers in critically evaluating the strengths and limitations of published studies. Drawing on a variety of relevant examples, the book demonstrates each stage of the research process - including formulating research questions, selecting data collection techniques and deciding on approaches to data analysis - and usefully integrates each stage. The new edition includes: - an expanded treatment of data analysis - new, discrete chapters looking at ethical issues, and at how teachers can research their own classrooms through the use of case studies - discussion of research carried out by trainee teachers. Clear and comprehensive, the examples included in the book demonstrate the range of topics that are suitable for research in the classroom and identify key factors for consideration when undertaking classroom-based research. This book is essential reading for students, researchers, teachers and trainee teachers interested in doing research in the classroom.

Author : Martyn Hammersley
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2002-03-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 0761974202

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Educational Research, Policymaking and Practice by Martyn Hammersley Pdf

Educational Research maps the demands now being made on educational research against the background complexities of the relationship between research and practice.

Author : Keith Taber
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007-06-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781412923224

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Classroom-based Research and Evidence-based Practice by Keith Taber Pdf

This work is designed to support teachers in developing their skills in critically evaluating research reports and in planning and carrying out their own small-scale school or college based research.

Author : Stephen Gorard,Beng Huat See,Nadia Siddiqui
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781315456874

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The Trials of Evidence-based Education by Stephen Gorard,Beng Huat See,Nadia Siddiqui Pdf

The Trials of Evidence-based Education explores the promise, limitations and achievements of evidence-based policy and practice, as the attention of funders moves from a sole focus on attainment outcomes to political concern about character-building and wider educational impacts. Providing a detailed look at the pros, cons and areas for improvement in evidence-based policy and practice, this book includes consideration of the following: What is involved in a robust evaluation for education. The issues in conducting trials and how to assess the trustworthiness of research findings. New methods for the design, conduct, analysis and use of evidence from trials and examining their implications. What policy-makers, head teachers and practitioners can learn from the evidence to inform practice. In this well-structured and thoughtful text, the results and implications of over 20 studies conducted by the authors are combined with a much larger number of studies from their systematic reviews, and the implications are spelled out for the research community, policy-makers, schools wanting to run their own evaluations, and for practitioners using evidence.

Author : Martyn Hammersley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Education
ISBN : OCLC:1244733906

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Educational Research and Evidence-based Practice by Martyn Hammersley Pdf

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007-06-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264033672

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Evidence in Education Linking Research and Policy by OECD Pdf

Brings together papers from international experts on evidence-informed policy in education from a wide range of OECD countries to look at the issues facing educational policy makers, researchers, and stakeholders – teachers, media, parents – in using evidence to best effect.

Author : Tone Kvernbekk
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-30
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135039196

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Evidence-based Practice in Education by Tone Kvernbekk Pdf

Much educational debate today is dominated by a "what works" vocabulary, intimately associated with evidence-based practice (EBP). The vocabulary consists of concepts and ideas such as accountability, competency, effectiveness, employability, learning outcomes, predictability, qualifications, and testing. As schooling and education are considered successful when predetermined outcomes have been achieved, education is often believed to require assessment, measurement and documentation. In this book, Tone Kvernbekk leaves the political, ethical and professional dimensions on the sidelines and focuses instead on further unpacking the core of EBP. Chapters concentrate on several fundamental issues ignored by current literature, including: the character of the evidence that plays a central role in EBP in both practical reasoning and acting under uncertainty the notion of causality presupposed by discussion of the production of desired effects and played out in the basic structure of interventions a system-theoretical look at why interventions might not work. By considering these key points, Kvernbekk articulates both the legitimate uses and the illegitimate, philosophically problematic misuses of EBP in educational thinking and practice. The book will be of key value for academics and postgraduate students in the fields of educational research and practice, philosophy of education and educational theory, especially those concerned with research methodology, professionalism, and discussions regarding evidence-based practice.

Author : David Bridges,Paul Smeyers,Richard Smith
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781405194112

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Evidence-Based Education Policy by David Bridges,Paul Smeyers,Richard Smith Pdf

This book raises important questions about the extent to which policy can be derived from research and about the kind of evidence which should inform policy. Challenges contemporary orthodoxies and offers constructive alternatives Critiques the narrower conceptions of evidence which might inform policy advanced by the ‘what works’ movement Investigates the logical gaps between what can be shown by research and the wider political requirements of policy Examines the different educational research traditions e.g. large population studies, individual case studies, personal narratives, action research, philosophy and ‘the romantic turn’ Calls for a more subtle understanding of the ways in which different forms of enquiry may inform policy and practice Discusses the recognition and utilisation of the insights offered by the rich variety of educational research traditions available to us

Author : Ted Brown,Brett Williams
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2005-02-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781910227701

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Evidence-Based Education in the Health Professions by Ted Brown,Brett Williams Pdf

Evidence-based education is an attempt to find, critique and implement the highest quality research evidence that underpins the education provided to students.This comprehensive book presents concepts key to evidence-based education, learning and teaching, analysing a wide range of allied health professions in depth. It introduces unique, inspirati

Author : Mustafa Yunus Eryaman,Barbara Schneider
Publisher : Springer
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319588506

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Evidence and Public Good in Educational Policy, Research and Practice by Mustafa Yunus Eryaman,Barbara Schneider Pdf

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 justification for why the particular examples or issues chosen fit within that conception for the sake of public good. It explores the current literature on evidence-based and evidence-informed educational policy, research and practice, and introduces a new term, ‘evidence free’, meaning actions of some policymakers who disregard or misuse evidence for their own agenda. The demands about the quality and relevance of educational research to inform the policy and practice have been growing over the past decade in response to the Evidence-Based Education movement. However the literature is yet to tackle the question of the interrelationships between evidence, research, policy and practice in education for the public good in an international context. This book fills that gap.

Author : Kara S. Finnigan,Alan J. Daly
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-03-24
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783319046907

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Using Research Evidence in Education by Kara S. Finnigan,Alan J. Daly Pdf

This book includes a set of rigorous and accessible studies on the topic of “research evidence” from a variety of levels and educational vantage points. It also provides the reader with thoughtful commentaries from leading thinkers in the field. The complex process of acquiring, interpreting, and using research evidence makes for a rich and under examined area in educational research, practice and policymaking. Policy makers, practitioners and scholars are in need of additional knowledge and practical steps in terms of the uptake of evidence into practice. In addition, sharpening understanding in terms of the ways in which research evidence is shaped or adapted at different educational levels (school, district, state, federal) as well the factors that support or constrain the acquisition and use of research evidence is of immediate use. While professional support for evidence-based practice in schools has never been stronger, credible research has found only weak large-scale effects. This book provides us with key insights about the nature of this problem and a comprehensive approach to its solution; it is a major step toward realizing the considerable potential for school improvement of reciprocal working relationships among policy, practice and research communities. Ken Leithwood, Emeritus Professor, OISE/University of Toronto The problem of scant research use at school sites is old, but the federal to classroom level scope of this book is unique. The authors' analysis of the current status leads to despair, but they provide a clear and compelling path forward. Michael Kirst, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University; President, California State Board of Education. We have come a long way since the linear "Research, Dissemination, Utilization" models of knowledge use of the 1970s and 80s. Each chapter in this book lays out new directions for understanding how individuals, relationships and systems advance or impede the movement of new ideas into policy/practice. Taken together, they redefine knowledge use as a dynamic process that affects and is affected by specific characteristics of the social structures in which is occurs. It is a "must read" both for those interested in educational change and organizational theory. Karen Seashore Louis, Regents Professor, University of Minnesota

Author : Alistair Ross
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-22
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030625726

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Educational Research for Social Justice by Alistair Ross Pdf

This book presents a series of analyses of educational policies – largely in the UK, but some also in Europe – researched by a team of social scientists who share a commitment to social justice and equity in education. We explore what social justice means, in educational policy and practice, and how it impacts on our understanding of both ‘educational science’ and ‘the public good’. Using a social constructivist approach, the book argues that social justice requires a particular and critical analysis of the meaning of meritocracy, and of the way this term turns educational policies towards treating learning as a competition, in which many young people are constructed as ‘losers’. We discuss how many terms in education are essentialised and have specific, and different, meanings for particular social groups, and how this may create issues in both quantitative survey methods and in determining what is ‘the public good’. We discuss social justice across a range of intersecting social characteristics, including social class, ethnicity and gender, as they are applied across the educational policy spectrum, from early years to postgraduate education. We examine the ways that young people construct their identities, and the implications of this for understanding the ‘public good’ in educational practice. We consider the responsibilities of educational researchers to acknowledge these issues, and offer examples of researching with such a commitment. We conclude by considering how educational policy might contribute to a socially just, equitable and inclusive public good.

Author : Bryan G. Cook,Melody G. Tankersley,Timothy J. Landrum
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-06
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781781904305

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Evidence-Based Practices by Bryan G. Cook,Melody G. Tankersley,Timothy J. Landrum Pdf

This volume focuses on evidence-based practices (EBPs) , supported, sound research studies documenting their effectiveness with a target population. As such, EBPs have significant potential to improve the outcomes of learners with learning and behavioral disorders.