Becoming a Research-Informed School: Why? What? How?

Author:   Tim Cain (Edge Hill University, UK) ,  Sue Graves
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138308626


Pages:   232
Publication Date:   11 December 2018
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Tim Cain (Edge Hill University, UK) ,  Sue Graves
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138308626


ISBN 10:   1138308625
Pages:   232
Publication Date:   11 December 2018
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Policy and debate 2. Why schools use research 3. Examples of research use 4. How research helps 5. Structures that support research use 6. Obtaining Research 7. Research Groups 8. How teachers learn from research 9. Practitioner research 10. Lesson study 11. Schools' use of data 12. Research impact: the view from the universities 13. Practical steps to improve evidence use

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This book will be extremely timely and relevant in terms of adding to current thinking and practices around schools' engagement with research Sue Sing, Researcher-in-Residence, Christ the King School, London The book meets a major need, linking research to real life examples of what schools are actually doing Jamie Galpin, Developmental Psychologist, The Bridge School, London This book, drawing as it does on an extensive range of high quality research studies that explore evidence-use, provides a state of the art insight into how to achieve evidence-informed teaching practice in our schools. Chris Brown, Professor of Education, Portsmouth University


This book will be extremely timely and relevant in terms of adding to current thinking and practices around schools' engagement with research Sue Sing, Researcher-in-Residence, Christ the King School, London The book meets a major need, linking research to real life examples of what schools are actually doing Jamie Galpin, Developmental Psychologist, The Bridge School, London This book, drawing as it does on an extensive range of high quality research studies that explore evidence-use, provides a state of the art insight into how to achieve evidence-informed teaching practice in our schools. Chris Brown, Professor of Education, Portsmouth University This book is essential reading for school leaders. The Why, What and How of research engagement are covered with impressive detail, combining an academic examination of the issues with practical strategies and an excellent sense of the current political context we're operating in. Tom Sherrington, Education Consultant and Author of The Learning Rainforest


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Tim Cain is Professor in Education at Edge Hill University. He leads the Research Centre for Schools, Colleges and Teacher Education, and lectures on research methods. He has previously lectured at Kingston University, Bath Spa University and the University of Southampton. At Edge Hill, he directs the research centre for Schools, Colleges and Teacher Education (SCaTE) and teaches research methods on undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. He has published numerous academic articles. His work has appeared in Croatian, Dutch, German, Italian, Spanish, and Slovene publications. Dr Susan Graves is Senior Research Fellow in the Faculty of Education at Edge Hill University. She has previously lectured at Liverpool John Moores University following a career teaching on Higher Education courses in Further Education Colleges in the North West. At Edge Hill she teaches on postgraduate programmes and has published academic articles in national and international journals.

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