ABSTRACT
This chapter considers the many sources of research findings, the types of sources practicing schools teachers may need to use, and how to interpret and understand what they read. Engaging with research involves an element of coming to recognise academic conventions, and learning what kind of sources publish useful work. A research journal is a periodical publication aimed at academics and other experts in a field, and which publishes work on a specific topic. An original research article in such a journal presents a novel piece of scholarship, often with a new set of data. A key source of research evidence for many schools and educational authorities are the secondary sources produced by teaching bodies and other institutions, and presented as easily and quickly digested overviews. The challenges of reading a research source are much like those presented by any form of reading.
