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Scaling Down: A Modest Proposal for Practice-based Policy Research in Teaching

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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
Erickson, Frederick
Date
2014
In publication
Education Policy Analysis Archives
Volume
22
Pages
9-9
Resource type
en Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form
en Published Text
Scholarship genre
en Theoretical
Keywords
educational policy
educational research
school reform
qualitative methods
Science Wars
Language
en
Open access/full-text available
en Yes
Peer reviewed
en Yes
ISSN
1068-2341
DOI
10.14507/epaa.v22n9.2014
URL
Open Access Journal Webpage (Education Policy Analysis Archives)
Full-text PDF (via ERIC)
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
Cited in
Solidarity-Driven Codesign: Evolving Methodologies for Expanding Engagement with Familial & Community Expertise
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Copyright (c) 2019 Frederick Erickson
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