The creation of the Mexican Society for Comparative Education (SOMEC) in 2004 led to increased academic activity, such as designing research projects, picking up speed on publications by Mexican scholars, and developing and importing theoretical approaches. SOMEC has been a significant catalyst in expanding and strengthening comparative education…

Despite a high level of interest and investment in "gold standard" evaluations of interventions in education, the gap between teaching practice and the latest research on learning appears wider than ever; likewise, persistent attainment gaps between certain groups remain. This report summarizes the presentations and discussion from a…

This case study introduces critical interpretive synthesis (CIS) as a systematic approach for reviewing and synthesizing a diverse body of research evidence to develop fresh insights on an issue of concern. Unlike aggregative forms of systematic review, which are more familiar in the field of education, CIS does not require commensurability…

Purpose: The teaching-research nexus (TRN) has assumed a prominent role in global higher education systems. However, the connection between the two domains has been subject to diverse interpretations within well-developed higher education systems. Little is known about translating TRN into policy and practice in diverse higher education spaces. In…

In response to a proposal to reframe the 'research into practice' agenda in UK education using partnership working, this paper examines a type of collaborative research known as a research-practice partnership (RPP), drawing on models established in education in the United States. It examines their characteristics and what has been learnt from…

With some of the propositions from the literature on 'policy enactments' as a backdrop, this paper addresses the circulation of a research policy innovation and its effects on the knowledge territory of an unlikely profession. Specifically, I show how the Research Excellence Frameworks' impact policy in the UK was an object first managed by…

As higher education providers respond to increasing financial pressures with restructures and downsizing, teacher education is often subsumed into larger faculties that result in teacher educators' work, especially related to accreditation lost in the myriad of benchmarks and measures to be achieved. Even during a worldwide pandemic, teaching and…

Recent discussions in science, politics and society offer starting points for rethinking the approach to the wicked problem of educational inequality. In our paper, we want to do this by reviewing research, policy and practice in primary education in the Netherlands. Our reflections are first focused on the state of the art in research and the…

In this paper, we draw upon Jensen's ([1997]. A case of two paradigms within health education. "Health Education Research," 12(4), 419-428; [2000]. Health knowledge and health education in the democratic health promoting school. "Health Education," 100(4), 146-153) Danish work describing two paradigms of school-based health…

Early Learning Network (ELN) teams released a set of briefs focused on four impact areas -- factors open to change or improvement -- that have potential to narrow opportunity gaps and help children maintain early learning success as they transition from prekindergarten (pre-K) to elementary school and beyond. The primary goal of these briefs is to…

Background: Internationally, research comparing education systems across countries and jurisdictions is valuable and can elicit nuanced insights into how particular systems operate. This paper's interest lies in considering the scope and content of research comparing education systems across the four UK nations (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland…

Although there is increased need for closing the gap between educational research and policy to better enable effective practice, addressing the problem remains a challenge. A review of current literature reveals a lack of systematic guidelines which clarify how collaboration between researchers and policy-makers can actually be achieved.…

With the rise of research impact as a 'third' space (next to research and teaching) within the universities in the United Kingdom and beyond, academics are increasingly expected to not only produce research but also engage in brokering knowledge beyond academia. And yet little is known about the ways in which academics shape their practices in…

The concept of 'knowledge' is central to education, particularly when it comes to the school curriculum. This paper makes the case for engaging in conceptual analysis, and in particularly conceptual engineering, in educational studies. Conceptual engineering emphasises analysing concepts with their purposes in mind. To illustrate the importance of…

On average, a U.S. teacher impacts about 3,000 students while in the classroom. Yet teaching is one of the most stressful occupations, and teachers leave the field at higher rates than many other professions. With a current estimated 3.8 million teachers in the U.S., the benefits of supporting teacher well-being are clear. In this brief, Dr. Leigh…