{"product_id":"a-critical-guide-to-evidenceinformed-education-9780335249398","title":"A Critical Guide to EvidenceInformed Education","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eâœWhat a provocative and refreshing stance on evidence-informed education! Evidence-informed education may currently be a divided field, but this must-read book offers hope that a reunion of existing approaches may be possible for a âproductive tensionâ where researchers, school leaders and teachers work together... The disconnect in education between research, policy and practice needs this intellectual reboot!â\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Tanya Ovenden-Hope, Provost and Professor of Education, Plymouth Marjon University, UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eâœAs a school leader, this book is an invaluable guide to evidence-informed educational research... It is a hopeful vision of a united evidence-informed education field in which practitioners, policymakers and researchers all play an active role as discerning creators and users of evidence.â\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSam Mason, Deputy Headteacher, Thornton Primary School, UK\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eâœThis is a wonderful book that deserves to be widely read and, more imp\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART A – THE DIVIDED FIELD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1 ORIENTATION\u003cbr\u003eA divided field\u003cbr\u003eProblem statement\u003cbr\u003eCrisis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2 GROUNDWORK\u003cbr\u003eThe landscape\u003cbr\u003eTheory, evidence, research and practice\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3 FACTIONS\u003cbr\u003eThe evidence-informed education field\u003cbr\u003eWho’s who?\u003cbr\u003eThe wider field\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART B – WHY ‘WHAT WORKS’ DOESN’T (...YET)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4 HOW ‘WHAT WORKS’ WORKS\u003cbr\u003eIntroducing ‘What Works’ research\u003cbr\u003eBlueprint for success?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5 THE PIPELINE\u003cbr\u003eThe research to practice gap\u003cbr\u003eTraversing the gap\u003cbr\u003eEvaluating ‘What Works’\u003cbr\u003eSummarising and communicating\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6 THE LAST MILE\u003cbr\u003eThe return journey\u003cbr\u003eThe value of evidence\u003cbr\u003eJust do it\u003cbr\u003eWhy ‘What Works’ doesn’t (...yet)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART C – PROBLEMS IN EFFECTIVENESS AND IMPROVEMENT RESEARCH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7 IF YOU CAN’T MEASURE IT...\u003cbr\u003eThe Educational Effectiveness and Improvement (EEI) approach\u003cbr\u003eMeasuring school effectiveness\u003cbr\u003eEffective teachers and teaching\u003cbr\u003eSystem effectiveness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8 INSIDE THE BLACK BOX\u003cbr\u003eMeasurement in EEI research\u003cbr\u003eAll models are wrong\u003cbr\u003eShould schools buy pot plants?\u003cbr\u003eWhat matters?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9 KNOWING AND BEING\u003cbr\u003eDisconnects\u003cbr\u003eSome models are useful\u003cbr\u003ePolicy adventures\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART D – EVIDENCE-INFORMED EDUCATION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e10 A REUNION\u003cbr\u003eBits of the jigsaw\u003cbr\u003eThe evidence-informed education system\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Open University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864445432151,"sku":"9780335249398","price":28.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780335249398.jpg?v=1722271984","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-critical-guide-to-evidenceinformed-education-9780335249398","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}