Why is it difficult to get evidence into use?

See, B.H.

doi:10.4324/9780429290343

Why is it difficult to get evidence into use?

See, B.H.

Authors

Professor Beng See b.h.see@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Contributors

S. Gorard
Editor

Professor Nadia Siddiqui nadia.siddiqui@durham.ac.uk
Other

Abstract

An increasingly large body of research has been generated in the last two to three decades, many claiming to offer new insights and new evidence on how to improve education. With the push for evidence-informed policy and practice, schools and policy makers are now increasingly encouraged and supported to use and engage with research evidence. This chapter provides information on where to look for good quality evidence, the limitations of such evidence and the challenges in interpreting the evidence in published research. It offers some interesting examples this kind of research. This chapter encourages research consumers to read research evidence with a critical eye and to acknowledge that all research involves compromise. There is no perfect research. But if we want to improve pupils’ educational outcomes, we look for the best bets, that is research that makes the least compromise. All things being equal, the best evidence is one that is generated from a large randomized sample using objective measures. But to encourage greater us of evidence, researchers have a responsibility to make their research accessible to practitioners. This means presenting research in clear, transparent and easy to understand language.

Citation

See, B. (2020). Why is it difficult to get evidence into use?. In S. Gorard (Ed.), Getting evidence into education : evaluating the routes into policy and practice (84-99). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429290343

Acceptance Date	Feb 16, 2020
Online Publication Date	Mar 31, 2020
Publication Date	Mar 16, 2020
Deposit Date	Feb 16, 2020
Publicly Available Date	Sep 30, 2021
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	84-99
Book Title	Getting evidence into education : evaluating the routes into policy and practice.
ISBN	9780367258801
DOI	https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429290343

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This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge in Getting evidence into education : evaluating the routes into policy and practice on 31 March 2020, available online: http://www.routledge.com/9780367258801