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Evidence-based Education Policy
Contributor(s): Bridges, David (Editor), Smeyers, Paul (Editor), Smith, Richard (Editor)
ISBN: 1405194111     ISBN-13: 9781405194112
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $34.44  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2009
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Administration - General
- Education | Aims & Objectives
Dewey: 379.41
LCCN: 2009001810
Series: Journal of Philosophy of Education
Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6" W x 9" (0.63 lbs) 210 pages
 
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This book raises important questions about the extent to which policy can be derived from research and about the kind of evidence which should inform policy.


  • Challenges contemporary orthodoxies and offers constructive alternatives
  • Critiques the narrower conceptions of evidence which might inform policy advanced by the 'what works' movement
  • Investigates the logical gaps between what can be shown by research and the wider political requirements of policy
  • Examines the different educational research traditions e.g. large population studies, individual case studies, personal narratives, action research, philosophy and 'the romantic turn'
  • Calls for a more subtle understanding of the ways in which different forms of enquiry may inform policy and practice
  • Discusses the recognition and utilisation of the insights offered by the rich variety of educational research traditions available to us