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Tom O'Donoghue; Tom Farrelly – Irish Educational Studies, 2024
This paper is a critical exposition on three major issues related to 'interpretive research conducted by researchers who claim they engaged in mixed methods' research. First, to provide context, we demonstrate that the term 'mixed' is inappropriate for the research practices usually adopted by its exponents. Secondly, we argue, expositions in…
Descriptors: Researchers, Research Problems, Mixed Methods Research, Theory Practice Relationship
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Reinking, David; Yaden, David B., Jr. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2021
In this commentary, we argue that literacy research would be more productive if researchers had a clearer, more nuanced understanding of theory. Specifically, we argue that theory in a practice-oriented field is most fundamentally productive when it provides instrumental guidance for literacy beyond academic understanding about literacy. Premises…
Descriptors: Literacy, Research, Theories, Productivity
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Truscott, Stephen D.; Truscott, Diane M.; Washington, Michelle L.; McLendon, Katherine E. – Journal of Educational and Psychological Consultation, 2022
The central purpose of school-based consultation is making psychological and educational knowledge accessible to teachers, parents, systems, and communities so that it becomes standard practice. Current research methods based on limited scientific paradigms have not adequately addressed that purpose. Applied research based on engineering is a…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Schools, Research Methodology, Mixed Methods Research
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Lodge, Jason M.; Cottrell, David; Hansen, Louise – Learning: Research and Practice, 2017
This commentary is a response to those of Hall (2016) and Winebrenner (2016), which in turn were responses to the article the authors wrote on modality preferences and learning styles (Lodge, Hansen, & Cottrell, 2016). There are several key points the authors wish to address in this reply. Most importantly, and aligned with the aims and focus…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship, Research Problems
Rafi Santo; Dixie Ching; Kylie Peppler; Chris Hoadley – Sage Research Methods Cases, 2017
This case study considers how educational researchers and practitioners can work together to engage in "participatory knowledge building," a process rooted in both empirical research and the lived practices and expertise of on-the-ground educators that produces knowledge relevant to both educational theory and practice. The method shared…
Descriptors: Partnerships in Education, Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship, Participatory Research
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Møller, Jorunn – European Educational Research Journal, 2017
Currently, the issue of inequality is one of the most pressing concerns in education and educational research. Factors such as increased socio-economic inequality, movement of people across national boundaries and refugees create major challenges for local communities and schools. Therefore, it is crucial to ensure that teaching and leadership are…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Research, Public Education, Power Structure
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Shah, Jennifer K.; Ensminger, David C.; Thier, Kimberly – Mid-Western Educational Researcher, 2015
The science-to-service problem continues to taunt the field of education (Fixsen, Blasé, Naoom, & Wallace, 2009). As an academic discipline, the field requires knowledge generation that adds to or deepens theoretical understandings. As a profession, knowledge generation that solves local problems and supports continuous improvement is…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Educational Research, Scientific Methodology, Scientific Research
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Biesta, Gert – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2007
This commentary observes that the contributions to this special issue of this journal not only show that the question of the relationship between research and practice is still very much alive today but they are also testimony to the persistent nature of this question. This suggests that the issue of the relationship between research and practice…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Research, Research Problems, Relevance (Education)
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Galinsky, Maeda J.; And Others – Social Work, 1993
Identifies and discusses four issues that arise in process of collaborative research conducted by practitioners and researchers: issues of practice, design, measurement, and team development. Includes case example of practitioner and research collaboration to evaluate single-session groups for families of psychiatric inpatients to illustrate…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Research and Development, Research Problems, Theory Practice Relationship
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Lucas, Lisa – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2007
This article raises some questions about the current policy context of debates on the link between research and teaching in academic work, specifically within university education departments. It draws selectively from a research project which investigated education academics' perceptions and experiences in Scotland and England but focuses…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Research Universities, Comparative Education, Departments
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Brekke, John S.; Ell, Kathleen; Palinkas, Lawrence A. – Research on Social Work Practice, 2007
Several recent national reports have noted that there is a 20-year gap between knowledge generated from our best clinical research and the utilization of that knowledge in our health and mental health care sectors. One solution to this dilemma has been the emergence of translational science. Translational science has become a top priority of the…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Social Work, Theory Practice Relationship, Research and Development
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Emmerson, Gordon J.; Neely, Margery A. – Counseling Psychologist, 1988
Notes that finding appropriate, statistically sound means of collecting data is important step in developing research. Presents goal attainment scaling and semantic differential as two flexible, reliable, and valid data-collection methodologies useful for practitioners. Provides procedural instructions and examples for constructing each…
Descriptors: Counseling, Data Collection, Research and Development, Research Methodology
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Kaplan, Frances F. – Art Therapy: Journal of the American Art Therapy Association, 2001
Examines the tension between the particular and the general in art therapy and makes a case that the art therapist's concern with particularity does not obviate the need for research in the field. Consideration is given to two frequent stumbling blocks for beginning researchers: the use of statistics and the possibility of obtaining negative…
Descriptors: Art Therapy, Inquiry, Research and Development, Research Needs
Kaiser, Ann P. – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1993
This commentary argues against assumptions of a paper (EC 608 301) on behavioral research methodology with individuals with developmental disabilities: (1) only knowledge deriving from integrated, community-based settings is relevant; (2) all research must immediately inform practice; and (3) there is little place for systematic study of behavior…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Developmental Disabilities, Research and Development, Research Methodology
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Clements, Douglas H. – Information Technology in Childhood Education Annual, 1999
Reviews research on computer programming and discusses implications for future research across various computer applications. Suggests future research needs, including expanding knowledge of what students/teachers learn in various environments, and investigating how unique features of various programming environments interact with goals and…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Programming, Research and Development
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