Evidence and Public Good in Educational Policy, Research and Practice

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Eryaman, Mustafa Yunus (Editor), Schneider, Barbara (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Educational Governance Research, 6
• Subjects: Education.; International education.; Comparative education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Assessment.; Higher education.; Educational Policy and Politics.; International and Comparative Education.; Assessment, Testing and Evaluation.; Higher Education.

This volume draws together interdisciplinary approaches from political philosophy, social work, medicine and sociology to analyze the theoretical foundations and practical examples of evidence-based and evidence-informed education for the public good. It presents a range of conceptions of the eviden...

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Evidence and Public Good in Educational Policy, Research and Practice; Mustafa Yunus Eryaman & Barbara Schneider
• 1. Understanding Public Good in the Context of Evidence Discourse in Education; Mustafa Yunus Eryaman
• 2. Capturing the ‘Evidence’ and ‘What Works’ Agenda in Education: A truth regime and the art of manoeuvring floating signifiers; John Benedicto Krejsler
• 3. What is Evidence Required for and Who Generates That Evidence in the Finnish Educational System?; Hannele Niemi
• 4. Educational Policy in Spain: Between Political Bias and International Evidence; Gonzalo Jover, Enric Prats & Patricia Villamor
• 5. Defining How We Get From Research to Practice: A Model Framework for Schools; Elizabeth Farley-Ripple, Allison E Karpyn, Kalyn McDonough & Katherine Tilley
• 6. Assessing Students’ Growth in Mathematics and English Language in Singapore: The Practice, the Evidence and the Perceptions; Jonathan WP GOH, Ong Kim Lee & Hairon Salleh
• 7. Evidence Informed Innovation of Education in the Netherlands: Learning From Reforms; Theo Wubbels & Jan van Tartwijk
• 8. The Evidence Agenda: An International Perspective; Tracey Burns & Rien Rouw
• 9. School Principals and Evidence Use: Possibilities and Problems for Preparation and Practice; Jeffrey S. Brooks, Mark Rickinson & Jane Wilkinson
• 10. Guiding principles for evaluating evidence in education research; Sarah-Kathryn McDonald & Barbara Schneider
• 11. Evidence-based policy and practice in Turkish education system; Selahattin Turan & Derya Yılmaz Kılıçoğlu
• Contributors
• Index.