Conceptions of Research and Development for Education in the United States
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9764447 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Burkart Holzner (University of Pittsburgh and Research Associate at the Learning Research and Development Center, corresponding author), Leslie Salmon-Cox (Learning Research and Development Center) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 434 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 88-100 |
| Publication date | 1977-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000271627743400107 |
| OpenAlex | W2138036543 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
In the early 1960s, spurred by federal initia tives and funding, a movement got underway to place educa tional practice on a foundation of scientifically based know ledge. The Research and Development Centers pro gram was the first of several institutional approaches to what came later to be known as the knowledge production and use (KPU) system in education. Based on their thirteen. years of case study experience of one such center, and their application of a sociology of knowledge framework to some of the larger policy issues, the authors trace some of the positive and negative effects of this attempt to place education in the domain of "big science." They discuss the evolution of models for educational R&D, which are prescrip tive, rather than descriptive, of intellectual activity. The development of epistemic communities and ensuing stan dards of judgment in the one institution are also seen to have been crucial to its development. While a final judg ment of the efficacy of the Research and Development Cen ters program and other related efforts is not possible, some of the products and outcomes of these programs are now visibly available
Engineering ethics · Institution · Knowledge management · Knowledge production · Pedagogy · Political science · Sociology · TRACE (psycholinguistics) · Computer Science · Diverse Education and Engineering Focus · Engineering · Higher Education Governance and Development · Law · Philosophy · Research, Science, and Academia
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,31 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2025 (16) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |