Are you a teacher who is interested in how we should train our new teachers? Would you like to observe how (fairly) large scale research is carried out? I am looking for some research-curious teachers and headteachers who might be willing to sit on the advisory board for one of the research projects I am …
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Evidence-based practice: why number-crunching tells only part of the story
As a quantitative researcher in education I am delighted that Ben Goldacre – whose report Building Evidence into Education was published today – has lent his very public voice to the call for greater use of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to inform educational policy-making and teaching practice.
I admit that I am a direct beneficiary of this groundswell of support. I am part of an international team running a large RCT to study motivation and engagement in 16-year-old students, funded by the Education Endowment Foundation. And we are at the design stage for a new RCT testing a programme to improve secondary school departmental practice.
The research design in each of these studies will give us a high degree of confidence in the policy recommendations we are able to make.
Government funding for RCTs is very welcome, but with all this support why is there a…
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