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- Title
Connecting Reading Research on with Educational Practice and Policy.
- Authors
Supplee, Lauren H.
- Abstract
There is a well‐known gap between research and practice. While there are investments in some strategies to address this gap, they are often not drawing from the existing research on how to improve research use. This article shares what we understand about the many ways research is used in education, why educators may use research, and under what conditions research is used in policy and practice. If scientists understand the levers that support research use, they may be able to create research that is more useful to decision‐makers and share that research through effective strategies such as using boundary spanners, individuals who straddle both the research and practice worlds. The article concludes by sharing some examples of promising strategies to improve the use of research in education such as research–practice partnerships. The goal of research in education and child development is to improve children's outcomes. To meet this goal, research needs to be used to inform educational practice. Unfortunately, this often does not happen. This article describes why research may not be used, what we know about when research is used, and what we can do about it.
- Subjects
EDUCATION research; INVESTMENT policy; EVIDENCE gaps; READING; CHILD development; PARTNERSHIPS in education
- Publication
Mind, Brain & Education, 2023, Vol 17, Issue 4, p391
- ISSN
1751-2271
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/mbe.12385