1st Edition
The Role of Knowledge Brokers in Education Connecting the Dots Between Research and Practice
Acknowledgements
About the editors
About the contributors
(Introductory Chapter - 1) – Joining Worlds: Knowledge Mobilization and Evidence-Informed Practice
Authors: Joel R. Malin and Chris Brown
(Chapter 2) –Educational Brokerage and Knowledge Mobilization in the United States: Who, What, Why, How?
Authors: Joel R. Malin, Chris Brown, and Angela Șt. Trubceac
(Chapter 3) - Push and Pull on Twitter: How School Leaders Use Twitter for Knowledge Brokering
Authors: Jayson W. Richardson, Nicholas J. Sauers, Vincent Cho, and John Eric M. Lingat
(Chapter 4) – Evidence for the Frontline: More Questions than Answers
Authors: Caroline Creaby and Jonathan Haslam
(Chapter 5) - Fostering Improved Connections Between Research, Policy and Practice: The Knowledge Network for Applied Education Research
Authors: Doris McWhorter, Erica van Roosmalen, Donna Kotsopoulos, George Gadanidis, Ruth Kane, Nicholas Ng-A-Fook, Carol Campbell, Katina Pollock, and Davoud Sarfaraz
(Chapter 6) - Avenues of Influence: An Exploration of School-Based Practitioners as Knowledge Brokers and Mobilizers
Authors: Elizabeth Farley-Ripple and Sara Grajeda
(Chapter 7) – Knowledge Brokering: "Not a Place for Novices of New Conscripts"
Authors: Amanda Cooper, Joelle Rodway, Stephen MacGregor, Samantha Shewchuk, and Michelle Searle
(Chapter 8) - What is the Research Brokerage Role that can be Played by Social Relationships? Learning from a Quantitative Study from England
Author: Chris Brown
(Chapter 9) - Building Student Teachers’ Capacity to Engage with Research
Authors: Georgeta Ion and Joaquin Gairín
(Chapter 10) - Cooperation between Research, Practice and Administration as a Knowledge Transfer Strategy? Insights from a School Development Project involving Schools in Socially Disadvantaged Areas in Germany
Author: Nina Bremm and Veronika Manitius
(Chapter 11) - The Role of Brokers in Sustaining Partnership Work in Education
Authors: Kristen L. Davidson and William R. Penuel
(Chapter 12) - Using frameworks and models to support knowledge mobilization
Author: Vicky Ward
(Culminating/Moving Forward - Chapter 13) – Conclusion: The Future of Research Use?
Author: Christopher Lubienski
Biography
Joel Malin is Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership at Miami University-Oxford, Ohio.
Chris Brown is Professor of Education in the School of Education and Childhood Studies, University of Portsmouth.
