Research and Development
Whooooa, TMI!
Research and practice are integrated in most fields. In medicine, for example, researchers work alongside practitioners in teaching hospitals to incorporate new advances into practice.
“Research is the science of the strange behavior of children in strange situations with strange adults for the briefest possible periods of time.” Urie Bronfenbrenner
“For much of the 50 year history of
research on teaching, teachers and their
work have been the topics of study. They
have been the researched rather than
the researchers. Teachers have in effect
been objects of study.”Cochran-Smith, Lytle
1. The ‘Outside-in Model’
1. Measure whatever can be easily measured.2. Disregard that which cannot be measured easily.3. Presume that which cannot be measured easily is not important.4. Presume that which cannot be measured easily does not exist.
Yankelovitch
The McNamara fallacy
1.The “Outside-in” Model
2.Knowledge creation
3.Gap between research and
practice
4.The McNamara Fallacy
Four Problems with Education Research
• To mobilize evidence to inform• To ask our own questions.• Practitioner-led + involve students • Engagement with strategic partners.• Establish platform to share &
disseminate
“Doing classroom research changes
teachers and the teaching profession
from the inside out, from the
bottom up, through changes in
teachers themselves. And therein
lies the power.”
The Grassroots or‘Outside-in Model’