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What Is a Knowledge Base, and Who Would Use It If We Had One?
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The idea that the results of a wide range of social scientific research can be used "to inform educational policies and practices" (Wang, Haertel, & Walberg, 1993a) is an old one as discussed by the authors.Abstract:
The term knowledge base is a relatively new one to enter into the pedagogical lexicon, but the idea that the results of a wide range of social scientific research can be used "to inform educational policies and practices" (Wang, Haertel, & Walberg, 1993a) is an old one. What else is research in education for? It is evident that, toward that end, the authors of "Toward a Knowledge Base for School Learning" have employed complex research techniques in an effort to synthesize the mass of data that has accumulated-particularly in the 1980s-bearing on the variables that influence learning. But the "era of school reform" (Wang et al., 1993a) that we (and the authors) tend to associate with the 1980s actually has a history going back about a century, and researchers are the heirs to a legacy of assumptions about the relationship between scientific data and educational reform. While it would be an obvious exaggeration to claim that there has been no evolution of or even challenge to these assumptions over the years, there remains a kind of bedrock belief in the power of science to provide at least guidelines, if not specific rules, for how teachers should conduct themselves in schools and classrooms.read more
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The Connection Between Research and Practice
TL;DR: This paper reviewed four hypotheses that have been put forward to account for a perceived lack of connection between research and practice: (a) research needs to be more authoritative, (b) research must be more relevant, (c) research should be more accessible, and (d) the education system itself is inherently too stable or too unstable and therefore unable to respond coherently to research findings.
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Interpretations of the Meaning of Care Creating Caring Relationships in Urban Middle School Classrooms
TL;DR: The authors examined how caring relationships are created and maintained between middle school students and their teachers through conducting interviews, holding focus group sessions, and making class-room observations, revealing urban students' perceptions of caring relationships with teachers.
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Reconceptualizing Research and Scholarship in Educational Administration: Learning to Know, Knowing to Do, Doing to Learn
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore common and emerging conceptions of what consti-tutes knowledge in educational administration, how knowledge relates to practice, and how individuals in universities and schools can engage in a particular kind of knowledge work.
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A meta-synthesis of factors related to educational achievement: a methodological approach to summarizing and synthesizing meta-analyses
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Research news and Comment: Of Squalls and Fathoms: Navigating the Seas of Educational Innovation:
TL;DR: This paper argued that paucity of knowledge contributes to potentially superficial implementation of highly touted innovations, as well as to a general inability to tap into the roots of these educational innovations, and that it is much more likely that those responsible for the construction or implementation of such innovations may overlook the rich histories that can inform and enhance current education.
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