Research informed educational practice: how to help educators engage with research for the common good (Practica educativa informada por la investigacion: Cómo ayudar a los educadores comprometerse con la investigacion para el bien comun)

Brown, C.; Ion, G.

Abstract

This paper examines research informed educational practice (RIEP) and how RIEP can become an integral part of how education systems operate. First RIEP is considered within the broader context of ‘research for the common good’. The paper then discusses how, despite the benefits and imperatives associated with RIEP, there is still a gap between educational research and educational practice. Considering the extant barriers to RIEP, the paper then concludes with a discussion of the types of ‘universal’ initiatives that can foster RIEP, regardless of the contextual factors operating at the system-level. In short, we argue that RIEP can materialise subject to: 1) effective capacity building to enhance teachers’ research literacy; 2) top down promotion of research-use; and 3) the expectation that school leaders are responsible for implementing collaborative inquiry, focused approaches to RIEP, within their school. Finally, we also suggest these three factors need to be reinforced with consistent support from macro and meso level actors.

Citation

Brown, C., & Ion, G. (2022). Research informed educational practice: how to help educators engage with research for the common good (Practica educativa informada por la investigacion: Cómo ayudar a los educadores comprometerse con la investigacion para el bien comun). Revista de educación (Madrid. Internet), 397(10), 239-260. https://doi.org/10.4438/1988-592x-re-2022-397-546

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 18, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Jun 29, 2022
• Publication Date: 2022
• Deposit Date: Mar 18, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Sep 6, 2022
• Journal: Revista de Educación
• Print ISSN: 0034-8082
• Electronic ISSN: 1988-592X
• Publisher: Spanish Ministry of Education and Vocational Training
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 397
• Issue: 10
• Pages: 239-260
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4438/1988-592x-re-2022-397-546
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1211605