Reframing educational research : (Record no. 21925)

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ISBN
International Standard Book Number 9780415529150 (hbk.) :
ISBN
International Standard Book Number 9780415529174 (pbk.) :
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Call number 370.72
TITLE STATEMENT
Title Reframing educational research :
Subtitle resisting the 'what works' agenda /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Edited by Valerie Farnsworth and Yvette Solomon.
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication London :
Publisher Routledge,
Date c2013.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xvi, 243 pages :
Other Details illustrations ;
Size 24 cm.
GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes bibliographical references and index.
SUMMARY
Summary Possibilities for the use of research in educational practice are often written off due to the history, politics and interests of the ostensibly separate worlds that researchers and practitioners occupy. However, a more optimistic account highlights the ways these communities share a common need for practice-based theories, which enable them to make sense of a wide range of issues in education, including pedagogy, learning, and educational equity. In applying theory to situated accounts of various educational practices and learning contexts, this book explores mistaken assumptions about the ways that research can inform or otherwise impact practice. It problematises a what works agenda but also points to potentially more productive research-practice relationships in education. Experienced contributors describe how they have used a variety of context-sensitive theoretical approaches in the socio-cultural and discursive traditions to both understand practice and address a wide range of practical issues in education. At its core "Reframing Educational Research" challenges two commonly held assumptions: that "best practice" is readily identifiable in a way that is then transferrable to new contexts for use by practitioners more widely, and that theory will not help with what to do on Monday morning in the classroom or in developing policies with direct and visible impact. Drawing on the experience of a number of highly respected expert contributors, including Mel Ainscow, Harry Daniels, Anna Sfard and Etienne Wenger-Trayner, the book discusses a range of issues that must be explicitly addressed if we are to make headway in developing a sustainable and productive relationship between research, policy and practice. The authors make it clear that the politics, policies, institutional practices, market systems and social dynamics currently at play in education have a tendency to derail the idealised pathway from research to reform. This book aims to move the discussion towards alternative, and potentially more fruitful, ways of linking research with practice." Reframing Educational Research" is an invitation to all researchers to identify new opportunities for advancing theory and practice in education. It is a must-read for all practitioners and researchers in education.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Education
General Research.
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Personal name Farnsworth, Valerie
Role Editor
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Personal name Solomon, Yvette
Role Editor
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01/08/2017 1 370.72 RE FR T0049252 15/06/2017 155.00 26/01/2017 REGULAR   Dewey Decimal Classification       University of Wollongong in Dubai University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 06/11/2013 AMAUS