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Knowledge transformation and impact: Aspirations and experiences from TLRP

Pollard, A; (2008) Knowledge transformation and impact: Aspirations and experiences from TLRP. Cambridge Journal of Education , 38 (1) pp. 5-22. 10.1080/03057640801889949. Green open access

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Abstract

This paper reviews the intentions and strategies adopted by the UK's Teaching and Learning Research Programme (TLRP) in its attempts to maximise the impact of its research portfolio. The Programme's early commitment to user engagement and to an 'interactive, iterative, constructive, distributed and transformative' impact strategy is described. The specific outputs and initiatives of the Programme are considered in relation to three issues - the transformation of findings beyond abstract academic forms; the authentic engagement of users; and the exploitation of ideas which are culturally and politically current. From TLRP experience, it is argued that such work requires significant resources, technology, imagination, expertise and time. The paper concludes with a call for substantial, long-term investment in an appropriate infrastructure to maximise the impact of research in education.

Type: Article
Title: Knowledge transformation and impact: Aspirations and experiences from TLRP
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/03057640801889949
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices
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 - Learning and Leadership
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1497491
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