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Education Research and Educational Practice: The Qualities of a Close Relationship

Wyse, D; Brown, C; Oliver, S; Poblete, X

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Authors

D Wyse

C Brown

S Oliver

X Poblete



Abstract

The relationship between education practice and education research has a long history. In modern times, education practice and its relation to education research has been central to debates about the nature and quality of education as an academic discipline in universities. This article reports an empirical study that investigated a new instantiation of the practice–theory debate: ‘close‐to‐practice’ research in education. The research sought to (a) define and further articulate the concept of close‐to‐practice research and (b) provide reflections on the quality of close‐to‐practice research. The orientation of the work reported in this article is informed by theory on traditions of knowledge in the organisation of education that have contributed to the development of education as an academic discipline. The main section of the article reports the findings of the empirical study. The research design was a rapid evidence assessment (REA), and a series of interviews with education researchers whose experiences were highly relevant to understanding of close‐to‐practice research issues. The conclusions of the research are reported in relation to how close‐to‐practice research might be defined, including in relation to quality, but also implications for education as a discipline in universities subject to nationwide assessments of quality.

Citation

Wyse, D., Brown, C., Oliver, S., & Poblete, X. (2021). Education Research and Educational Practice: The Qualities of a Close Relationship. British Educational Research Journal, 47(6), 1466-1489. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3626

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Apr 1, 2020
Online Publication Date May 11, 2020
Publication Date Dec 1, 2021
Deposit Date Apr 2, 2020
Publicly Available Date Nov 11, 2021
Journal British Educational Research Journal
Print ISSN 0141-1926
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 47
Issue 6
Pages 1466-1489
DOI https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3626

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"This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Wyse, D, Brown, C, Oliver, S & Poblete, X (2021). Education Research and Educational Practice: The Qualities of a Close Relationship. British Educational Research Journal 47(6): 1466-1489., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3626. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited."







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