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Some Canadian contributions to understanding knowledge mobilisation
Knowledge mobilisation (KM) is our label for the emerging field of inquiry that seeks to strengthen connections between research, policy and practice across sectors, disciplines and countries. This paper first outlines the challenges associated with improving KM across public services. Next, it examines contributions from the health sector (findings and implications of empirical work on KM being conducted by two teams of Canadian scholars) in relation to the education sector and the broader field. Then, it outlines the Research Supporting Practice in Education (RSPE) programme (including products, events, networks and empirical studies), which attempts to increase KM in education. The paper concludes with some ideas and strategies that can be done quickly and easily to improve KM almost immediately in any organisation as well as with suggestions for further research.
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Mobilising research knowledge in education
The field of knowledge mobilisation (KM) addresses the multiple ways in which stronger connections can be made between research, policy and practice. This paper reviews the current situation around knowledge mobilisation in education. It addresses changing understandings of KM, considers some of the main issues in conducting empirical research in the field, and looks at the state of activity to promote and increase KM, offering commentary and suggestions in each area.
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A framework for mandatory impact evaluation to ensure well informed public policy decisions
Having good evidence to inform difficult decisions can be politically attractive, as shown, for example, by the US Government's decision to include US $1.1 billion for comparative research (including systematic reviews and clinical trials) as part of its $ 787 billion economic stimulus bill.3 To paraphrase Billy Beane, Newt Gingrich, and John Kerry, who have argued for a health-care system that is driven by robust comparative clinical evidence by substituting policy makers for doctors: Evidence-based health care would not strip [policymakers] of their decision-making authority nor replace their expertise. Because professionals sometimes do more harm than good when they intervene in the lives of other people, their policies and practices should be informed by rigorous, transparent, up-to-date evaluations.
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Governing education
High levels of cynicism about politics, fuelled by a lack of understanding of the real dynamics of policy and the political process, are dangerous to democracy. So argues Benjamin Levin inGoverning Education. With this book, Levin seeks to improve public understanding of the way government works, especially with regard to education policy.
Based on his experience as Manitoba's deputy minister of education from 1999 to 2002, Levin offers an insider's account of the events and conditions that governed Manitoba's educational policy as a way of illustrating the larger dynamics of the political process. He demonstrates how the actions of governments are rooted in diverse political demands, and looking at the current state of education and education policy in Canada, comments on its strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities.
Levin's unique combination of informed analysis with real stories of real events told by participants provides an incisive exploration of government in action. While based on events in Manitoba, the same dynamics and conditions apply across the country. This book will have strong appeal to people in education, political science, and public administration.
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Research Use by Leaders in Canadian School Districts
This paper, part of a larger study, investigates the ways research is used by leaders in Canadian schools and districts, an area in which there is relatively little empirical evidence. The paper analyzes survey results from 188 education leaders in 11 school districts across Canada about school and district practices related to the use of research. Results indicate a growing awareness in districts of the importance of research use, reported district capacity, and many kinds of support available for research-related activities; however, actual research use remains modest. Districts appear to have relatively weak processes and systems for finding, sharing and using relevant research.
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Using data to support educational improvement
Data on student achievement are increasingly being used to support effective policy and practice, and to move education systems towards more evidence-informed approaches to large-scale improvement. In this paper, we outline strategies used in Ontario, Canada to create, enhance and apply a range of data to support educational improvement. These strategies were intended to integrate the collection of data and its use at the three levels of school, district, and province. The strategy also included improving educator capacity to use data and the development of better analytic tools to understand data in context.
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Urban education challenges around the globe
The Asia Society, a New York-based organization that promotes links between North America and Asia, has put together the Global Cities Education Network to look at issues in urban education and to support mutual learning among these city's school systems. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
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Shanghai and Seoul plan higher achievement
Seoul and Shanghai have targeted some efforts to improve education conditions for low-income students. Shanghai's efforts seem more focused on the school, while Seoul's efforts are focused as much on supporting the individual student. But, in both cases, the focus is on helping people get better, not on punishing them for their limitations. The cities are part of a nascent effort by the Asia Society intended to help big-city school systems across the globe to learn from each other. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
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