This paper is about the relationship between research, policy and practice in education. It
outlines reasons for the increased interest in research and its impact and describe some of …

The field of knowledge mobilisation (KM) addresses the multiple ways in which stronger
connections can be made between research, policy and practice. This paper reviews the …

A group of collaborative approaches to education research sits uneasily within the existing
infrastructure for research and development in the United States. The researchers in this …

What are the characteristics of a school as learning organisation? This paper should be
seen as an attempt to work towards a common understanding of the school as learning …

This chapter presents an introduction to design-based implementation research (DBIR). We
describe the need for DBIR as a research approach that challenges educational researchers …

Pressures are increasing on educational policy and practice to use research to guide
improvement. Recently there have been concerted efforts to forge new and different kinds of …

One of the central lessons from research on data use in schools and school districts is that
assessments, student tests, and other forms of data are only as good as how they are used …

This paper presents a conceptual framework for understanding the uses of research in
policy and practice, findings from recent empirical work, and early lessons from the field. The …

Background/Context In recent years, states, districts, schools, and external partners have
recognized the need to proactively foster the use of data to guide educational decision …

Teachers' expertise is mostly based on insights acquired in their own practice, and not on
academic knowledge. Although many attempts have been made to explain this, it is not clear …