1st Edition
Getting Evidence into Education Evaluating the Routes to Policy and Practice
Preface
List of contents
List of Contributors
Introduction to the need for better evidence
Chapter 1. Why we need better use of good evidence in education - Stephen Gorard
Chapter 2. The importance of providing evidence in education from rigorous evaluations - Carole Torgerson and David Torgerson
Chapter 3. The global evidence architecture in health and education: a comparative scorecard – Howard White
Chapter 4. What we know already about the best ways to get evidence into use in education – Stephen Gorard, Beng Huat See and Nadia Siddiqui
Experiences of different routes to evidence use
Chapter 5. Hearts and minds. The Research Schools Network: from evidence to engagement - Megan Dixon, Juliet Brookes and James Siddle
Chapter 6. The development and worldwide impact of the Teaching and Learning Toolkit – Steve Higgins
Chapter 7. Why is it difficult to get evidence into use? – Beng Huat See
Chapter 8. Generating research evidence in teaching practice: Can teachers lead randomised control trials in education? – Nadia Siddiqui
Engagement with impact in different phases of education
Chapter 9. First two years at school: evidence-based policy for early childhood education in Brazil - Tiago Bartholo and Mariane Koslinski
Chapter 10. Research into practice: the case of classroom formative assessment – Dylan William
Chapter 11. Engagement and impact in addressing and overcoming educational disadvantage - Stephen Gorard, Lindsey Wardle, Nadia Siddiqui and Beng Huat See
Chapter 12. The use of evidence from research on contextualised admissions to widen access to Scottish universities - Vikki Boliver and Stephen Gorard
The role of leadership in evidence uptake
Chapter 13. Is distributed leadership an effective approach for mobilising research-informed innovation across professional learning networks? Exploring a case from England - Chris Brown, Jane Flood, Stephen MacGregor, Paul Armstrong
Chapter 14. The opportunities and challenges of leaders using evidence in education - Rebecca Morris, Thomas Perry and Simon Asquith
Suggestions for next steps in evidence use
Chapter 15. Towards a better understanding of quality of evidence use - Mark Rickinson, Jonathan Sharples and Ollie Lovell
Chapter 16. Where next for improving the use of good evidence – Stephen Gorard
Biography
Stephen Gorard is Professor of Education and Public Policy at Durham University, UK and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
