Wallace Foundation Distinguished Lecture—What Makes Education Research “Educational”

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ID9732220
AutoresDeborah Loewenberg Ball (0000-0002-0399-0316, William H. Payne Collegiate Professor in Education at the University of Michigan, 610 East University Avenue, 1110 School of Education Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109–1259; . Her areas of specialization include the study of efforts to improve teaching through policy, reform initiatives, teacher education, and mathematical knowledge for teaching., autor correspondente), Francesca M Forzani (Doctoral student in education at the University of Michigan, 610 East University Avenue, 1228 School of Education Building, Ann Arbor, MI 48109–1259; . Her areas of specialization include the design, implementation, and evaluation of reform initiatives, particularly in the area of teacher education)
Ano2007
Volume36
Fascículo9
Páginas529-540
Data de publicação2007-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEducational Researcher (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0013-189X • E-ISSN: 1935-102X
EditoraAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3102/0013189x07312896
OpenAlexW2170801880
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas32
Referências citadas18

Education research is plagued by skeptics who doubt its quality and relevance. Inhabitants of schools of education have been among the sharpest critics, and internal battles rage over method and rigor. Yet often lacking is research that explains causes or examines the interplay at the heart of educational practice and policy. This article argues for a conception of research in education that deliberately presses into what is called here the instructional dynamic. Using a sample of studies that exemplify this quintessentially educational perspective, the authors unpack key features of research that probes inside education. They discuss how such research complements in essential ways the other kinds of scholarship that examine and inform education

Education theory · Educational research · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Foundation (evidence · Higher education · Pedagogy · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Relevance (law · Scholarship · Skepticism · Sociology · Educational Assessment and Improvement · Law · Philosophy · School Choice and Performance · Teacher Education and Leadership Studies