Developing a systems-based approach to research use in education

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Developing a systems-based approach to research use in education

Maxwell, Bronwen; Sharples, Jonathan; Coldwell, Mike; (2022) Developing a systems-based approach to research use in education. Review of Education , 10 (3) , Article e3368. 10.1002/rev3.3368. Green open access

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Abstract

Models of research use in education tend to focus on specific elements of education systems or underplay the complexity of system change. Within other public policy areas, notably health, more work has been undertaken to integrate systems thinking when considering knowledge mobilisation and research use. In this paper, we survey public policy system change literature to develop a set of system dimensions. We use these to examine models relating to research use that are widely referenced in education. We then apply these dimensions to the work of the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), the UK's What Works Centre for Education, which aims to support evidence-informed practice at all levels of the education system. We focus on its work to embed research-informed practices in regional school systems, through a case analysis of two ‘scale-up campaigns’ to mobilise evidence relating to the effective deployment of teaching assistants (educational support paraprofessionals). The findings highlight the value of using the system dimensions framework as a diagnostic tool to understand how to effect system change, highlighting the key role of brokerage and system leadership at different system levels; school-level capacity to implement change; and system relationships.

Type:	Article
Title:	Developing a systems-based approach to research use in education
Open access status:	An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI:	10.1002/rev3.3368
Publisher version:	https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3368
Language:	English
Additional information:	This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. © 2022 The Authors. Review of Education published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Educational Research Association.
Keywords:	evaluations, knowledge mobilisation, research brokerage, research use, systems approaches, teaching assistants
UCL classification:	UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute
URI:	https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10162671