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.

Who is this handsome fella?

John Dewey

Who is this handsome fella?

“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

Four Problems with Education Research

“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’

“Teachers have been given

answers to questions they

didn’t ask.”

2. Knowledge Creation

“What does this look like in my

classroom?”

3. Gap Between Research

and Practice

Is this what kids see when they hear Growth Mindsets Or Grit?

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXrKB03W0bM

• To mobilize evidence to inform• To ask our own questions.• Practitioner-led + involve students • Engagement with strategic partners.• Establish platform to share &

disseminate

What does research look like in the

school?

Traditional Model of Practitioner Research

How is research structured in the school?

“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’

Questions?Questions?