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The best available evidence : decision making for educational improvement / edited by Paul Newton and David Burgess.

Newton, Paul, editor.; Burgess, David, editor.
2016
LC71.2 .B47 2016
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Title
The best available evidence : decision making for educational improvement / edited by Paul Newton and David Burgess.
ISBN
9789463004381 (electronic book)
9463004386 (electronic book)
9789463004367
946300436X
9463004378
9789463004374
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-438-1
Published
Rotterdam, the Netherlands : SensePublishers, [2016]
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©2016
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English
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10.1007/978-94-6300-438-1 doi
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LC71.2 .B47 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
371.2/07
Summary
In The Best Available Evidence: Decision-Making for Educational Improvement, the editors and contributing authors explore the intricacies of working with data and evidence for the purpose or organizational development in educational institutions. A broad theme that runs throughout this book is the need for policy makers and practitioners to be informed and critical consumers of educational research. The chapters in this volume explore quantitative, qualitative, narrative, and practitioner research approaches and explore the implications for evidence use in educational improvement efforts. Many.
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Preface
Acknowledgements
Evidence-Driven Policy and Practice in Education: Issues of Veracity in Quantitatively Based Research
Issues with Evidence in Constructivist/Interpretivist Educational Research
Exploring Types of Educational Action Research: Implications for Research Validity
Narrative, Insight, and Effective Decision Making in Education
Values, Virtues, and Human Capabilities: A Positive Perspective on Educational Improvement
The Cartography of Success: Mapping the Education Data Terrain toward Ethical Practice for Continuous Improvement
Learning Organisations and Their Relationship to Educational Improvement
The Assessment Imperative: Evidence-Based Decision Making in Student Affairs
Change and Improvement in Post-Secondary Education
Decision Making and Problems of Evidence for Emerging Educational Technologies
Epilogue: Evidence and the Research-Practice Gap in Education
About the Contributors
Index.

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