Practitioners and Evidence Andrew Morris

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Practitioners and EvidenceAndrew Morris

• NFER PRE conference
• 11th July 2007 London

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CfBT study

• various types of practitioner
• Motivation associated with positive beliefs about
  improvement
• Preference for indirect and informal sources
• RD to result in tools practitioners
• Need to tailor outputs and activities for each
• Research utilisation is
• Active selective values-rich rewarding
  develops over career
• Factors that favour/hinder
• research communications language, accessibility
  etc
• knowledge and beliefs of practitioner
• Professional context open reflective culture
• Wider context mediators, rewards

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Much is known

• Studies
• SCIE Improving the use of research in social
  care practice
• LSDA Collaborative research in practice
• CfBT Practitioners use of evidence
• TLRP Towards evidence-based practice in science
  education
• EU six country study (2006)
• OECD Evidence in Education (2007)

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CfBT study

• Many aspects of getting evidence into practice
• Presentation examples, links to key concerns
• Dissemination many modes, use of networks
• Access many means used including word of mouth
• Communication engage user target, dont
  broadcast
• Relevance use practice concerns as hooks
• Context receptive organisational culture
• Co-production practitioners and researchers
  working together

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TLRP study of science teachers

• No common view of what constitutes research
• Findings must resonate with personal experience
• Findings must be blended with lessons of
  experience
• To achieve change, need
• Tangible useful outcomes
• Transformation of findings
• Encouraging professional culture

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Details

• Contact me
• ajmorris_at_blueyonder.co.uk
• See CfBT Evidence for Education programme
• www.cfbt.com
• Get CfBT EfE e-newsletter from rosborne_at_cfbt.com
• See EEP evidence portal
• www.eep.ac.uk
• Some relevant studies
• OECD Education Research and Development Issues,
  trends and challenges OECD 1995
• NFER research engaged school http//www.nfer.ac.uk
  /research-areas
• LSDA study on collaborative research
  http//www.lsneducation.org.uk/pubs/Pages/041417.a
  spx
• NERF working papers http//www.nerf-uk.org/
• SCIE study http//www.scie.org.uk/publications/kn
  owledgereviews/kr07.asp
• TLRP science study http//www.tlrp.org/proj/phase1
  /phase1bsept.html
• CfBT study still in progress will appear on
  Evidence for Education website