Leadership for evidence-informed education

This article reviews the evidence on the way that schools and school systems find, share and use research in their work, with a particular focus on the role of school and district leaders in increasing the prominence and value of research in their work. It reviews the evidence on the ways in which p...

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Published in:School leadership & management 2010-09, Vol.30 (4), p.303-315
Main Author: Levin, Ben
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Canada
Change Strategies
Decision Making
Educational Change
Educational leadership
Educational Research
Evidence
Foreign Countries
Information Dissemination
Instructional Leadership
leadership
Organizational Communication
Research methodology
research use
Role
School Districts
School effectiveness
School systems
Theory Practice Relationship
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Summary:This article reviews the evidence on the way that schools and school systems find, share and use research in their work, with a particular focus on the role of school and district leaders in increasing the prominence and value of research in their work. It reviews the evidence on the ways in which practitioners in education find and use research and the role of organisation factors in promoting the use of research. The article concludes with a discussion of steps that school and district leaders could take to increase the profile of research in their organisations.
ISSN:1363-2434
1364-2626
DOI:10.1080/13632434.2010.497483