Scaling Down: A Modest Proposal for Practice-based Policy Research in Teaching
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Title
Scaling Down: A Modest Proposal for Practice-based Policy Research in Teaching
Abstract/Description
This proposal addresses the assumptions underlying the “Science Wars” about the purpose of educational research. The author proposes a more modest “Lake Woebegon” approach to school reform that supports long-term professional education, a shift away from “Best Practices” to “Pretty Good Practices,” low fidelity implementation of interventions, and the importance of local context. Action research is presented as one possible qualitative approach for conducting “practice-based research.”
Author/creator
Date
In publication
Volume
22
Pages
9-9
Resource type
Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form
Published Text
Scholarship genre
Theoretical
Open access/full-text available
Yes
Peer reviewed
Yes
ISSN
1068-2341
Citation
Erickson, F. (2014). Scaling Down: A Modest Proposal for Practice-based Policy Research in Teaching. Education Policy Analysis Archives, 22, 9–9. https://doi.org/10.14507/epaa.v22n9.2014
Rights
Copyright (c) 2019 Frederick Erickson
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