ABSTRACT
Connecting Research and Practice for Educational Improvement presents powerful arguments and richly illustrated cases for how more collaborative relationships between researchers and educators can yield more relevant research that impacts practice. This book can be useful for anyone teaching or learning about research–practice partnerships, in both school and out-of-school settings. The chapters highlight the different dispositions and skills needed to cultivate ethical relationships and promote equity through partnerships and provide rich frameworks for guiding future work.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|30 pages
Rethinking the Relationship Between Research and Practice
part II|52 pages
RPPs That Impact Practice
chapter 3|18 pages
Sustaining Research–Practice Partnerships
Benefits and Challenges of a Long-Term Research and Development Agenda
chapter 4|15 pages
Figuring It Out Together
A Research–Practice Partnership to Improve Early Elementary Mathematics Learning With Technology
part III|36 pages
Expanding Models of RPPs
chapter 6|15 pages
Rethinking “the Community” in University–Community Partnerships
Case Studies From CU Engage
chapter 7|19 pages
Messy, Sprawling, and Open
Research–Practice Partnership Methodologies for Working in Distributed Inter-Organizational Networks
part IV|62 pages
Designing for Equity in RPPs
chapter 8|14 pages
Five Equity-Related Tensions in Project-Based Learning
How Research–Practice Partnerships Can Spread and Sustain Deeper Learning
chapter 10|14 pages
But What Does It Actually Look Like?
Representations of Teaching Practice in the Work of Research–Practice Partnerships
chapter 11|17 pages
Our House Could Be a Very, Very, Very Fine House
The Tensions and Disenchantment of Collaborative Digital Tools Within Partnerships
