translating research into action
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Translating research into practice
Pru MitchellManager Information Services &
Translational Research Project [email protected]
Australian Council for Educational Research
creates and promotes research-based knowledge, products and services that can be used to improve learning across the life span
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Services
Strategic directions2014-16
• Assessment reform and innovation
• Education policy and practice
• Science of learning• Global education
monitoring
© 2015 Global Partnership for Education
Equitable and inclusive quality education and
lifelong learning for all by 2030
Transforming lives through education
What’s your problem?
Build education
policies and practice on
evidence or… what?
83% of all statistics are
made up on the spot
“Without data, you are just
another person with an opinion”
(Schleicher)
Professional Standards for Teachers
Standard 1.2 Teachers should “demonstrate knowledge and understanding of research into how students learn and the implications for teaching”,
Standard 6.2 • Highly accomplished teachers “plan for
professional learning by accessing and critiquing relevant research”
• Lead stage teachers “engage in research”, and implement professional dialogue that is informed by “analysis of current research”
What is Evidence-Based Practice?
From medicine“the conscientious, explicit and judicious use of current best evidence in making decisions about the care of the individual patient.
It means integrating individual clinical expertise with the best available external clinical evidence from systematic research”.
(Sackett et al, 1996)
Personal dimension of EBP
What is Evidence-Based Practice? http://canberra.libguides.com/evidence, CC-by-sa
EBP applied to education
Cost and evidence
http://australia.teachingandlearningtoolkit.net.au ©Education Endowment Foundation
Implementing research
Average number of years for research to be fully integrated into everyday practice
Hall, K 2011 No.17 blue and white CC–by-nc https://www.flickr.com/photos/fragiletender/5357073143
Learning ground
acer.edu.au/LearningGround
twitter.com/LearningGround
Research is not perfect
• Conflicting research• Unbelievable research• Dubious research• Unintelligible research• Research not relevant to our context• Research that leaves more questions
But it's better than the alternative
Critical literacy
• Validity - can you trust it?• Impact - are the results important?• Applicability - does it apply to your student?• Who wrote this?• Who funded this?• How was the evidence arrived at?• Is the research able to be replicated?• Is the evidence applicable to other contexts?• What questions do you have for the
researcher?
Translating research into practice
Engagement
• Learning from other sectors, eg Science Communicators• Events: face to face and online• Visualisation• Slide decks licensed for re-use
Evidence for practiceexamining and using empirical research to form practices and inform actions, and to identify best practicesEvidence in practiceintegrating the available research evidence with the deep knowledge and understanding derived from professional experience, as well as using local evidence to identify learning dilemmas and needs, and achievement gapsEvidence of practicemeasured outcomes and impacts, going beyond process and activities as outputs. It establishes what has changed for learners as a result of inputs, interventions, activities, and processesTodd, R 2008, The evidence-based manifesto. School Library Journal, 54(4), 38-43,
Todd 2008 Holistic EBP
