TY - JOUR
T1 - Getting lost in translation? An analysis of the international engagement of practitioners and policy-makers with the educational effectiveness research base
AU - Harris, Alma
AU - Chapman, Christopher
AU - Muijs, Daniel
AU - Reynolds, David
AU - Campbell, Carol
AU - Creemers, Bert
AU - Earl, Lorna
AU - Kyriakides, Leonidas
AU - Munoz, Gonzalo
AU - Stoll, Louise
AU - Stringfield, Sam
AU - Van Velzen, Boudewijn
AU - Weinstein, Jose
PY - 2012/12/7
Y1 - 2012/12/7
N2 - Educational effectiveness research (EER) has accumulated much knowledge in the areas of school effectiveness research (SER), teacher effectiveness research (TER) and school/system improvement research (SSIR). Yet many schools and educational systems are not making enough use of the material and their insights. The article reviews evidence of practitioner engagement and finds it limited in the areas of SER, greater in the area of TER and most prevalent in SSIR. Policy-maker engagement has been notable in some countries, but more limited in others. The article concludes by arguing for a new paradigm of EER that studies multiple levels of the educational system simultaneously utilising multiple methods and involves practitioners and policy-makers in a true EER community of expertise, in order to increase the reach and take-up of the discipline.
AB - Educational effectiveness research (EER) has accumulated much knowledge in the areas of school effectiveness research (SER), teacher effectiveness research (TER) and school/system improvement research (SSIR). Yet many schools and educational systems are not making enough use of the material and their insights. The article reviews evidence of practitioner engagement and finds it limited in the areas of SER, greater in the area of TER and most prevalent in SSIR. Policy-maker engagement has been notable in some countries, but more limited in others. The article concludes by arguing for a new paradigm of EER that studies multiple levels of the educational system simultaneously utilising multiple methods and involves practitioners and policy-makers in a true EER community of expertise, in order to increase the reach and take-up of the discipline.
KW - educational effectiveness
KW - school effectiveness
KW - school improvement
KW - teacher effectiveness
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84874345432&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13632434.2012.723622
DO - 10.1080/13632434.2012.723622
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84874345432
SN - 1363-2434
VL - 33
SP - 3
EP - 19
JO - School Leadership and Management
JF - School Leadership and Management
IS - 1
ER -