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Evidence-based Practice in Education

Medical Entomology and ZoologyPublished 1 March 2004
Richard J. Thomas, Pring, Richard Pring, Gary Thomas
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TL;DR

Evidence-based practice, action research and the professional development of teachers and the relationship between research, policy and practice, and philosophical orthodoxy, and unfulfilled promises is examined.

Abstract

Introduction Research evidence should, but often does not, inform the development of policy and practice in education Developing evidence-informed policy and practice Teacher research evidence American perspectives through the Campbell Collaboration Cochrane style reviews, syntheses and meta-analyses Challenges in the process Some questions about evidence-based practice in education What is evidence? The relationship between research, policy and practice Evidence-based practice, action research and the professional development of teachers Educational research, philosophical orthodoxy, and unfulfilled promises Using action research to generate knowledge about educational practice Practice-based evidence Reflections from medical practice Conclusion Index.

Keywords

Decision Sciences