期刊名称:Brock Education : a Journal of Educational Research and Practice
印刷版ISSN:1183-1189
出版年度:2016
卷号:25
期号:1
页码:35-54
DOI:10.26522/brocked.v25i1.431
出版社:Brock University
摘要:This paper summarizes the results of a pan-Canadian online survey study that investigates the extent to which school practitioners (N = 1,153) use research to inform their practice. The self-reports indicate that the majority of the respondents used educational research, yet this engagement was infrequent. Although the respondents shared neutral attitudes about research, their comments add rather negative connotation to their perceptions. This study’s findings are relevant to school leadership organizations, teacher education institutions and research-generating bodies as they point to the necessity of increasing research relevance and accessibility, cultivating teaching as a research-based profession, and building school capacity to use research.