1st Edition
An Ecosystem for Research-Engaged Schools Reforming Education Through Research
About the editors
Acknowledgements
Notes on contributors
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter 1: Evidence use, research-engaged schools and the concept of an ecosystem
David Godfrey and Graham Handscomb
Chapter 2: Developing a system for knowledge mobilisation: the case of the Knowledge Network for Applied Education (KNAER) as a middle tier
Katina Pollock, Carol Campbell, Doris McWhorter, Kelly Bairos and Erica van Roosmalen
Chapter 3: Accountability structures that support school self-evaluation, enquiry and learning
Melanie Ehren
Chapter 4: Leading research-informed practice in schools
Clive Dimmock
Chapter 5: Teachers’ professional bodies and the role of research
Gareth Mills and Lesley Saunders
Chapter 6: Innovative models that bridge the research–practice divide: research learning communities and
research-informed peer review
David Godfrey and Chris Brown
Chapter 7: Brokerage for data use in schools: potential, occurrence and facilitators
Roos Van Gasse, Jan Vanhoof, Peter Van Petegem
Chapter 8: Research-informed Initial Teacher Education
Tim Cain
Chapter 9: Professional learning and research
Graham Handscomb
Chapter 10: Professional enquiry: an ecological approach to developing teacher agency
Mark Priestley and Valerie Drew
Chapter 11: Rethinking rationality within an ecosystem approach to foster research-informed practice
Chris Brown
Chapter 12: Maintaining (ecosystems for) a broad view of educational research and its relationship to practice
Emma Wisby and Geoff Whitty
Chapter 13: Moving forward – how to create and sustain an evidence-informed school ecosystem
David Godfrey
Biography
David Godfrey is a Lecturer at UCL Institute of Education, UK where he is also Co-Director of the Centre for Educational Evaluation and Accountability and Programme Leader for the MA Leadership.
Chris Brown is Professor of Education at the University of Portsmouth, UK.
