ABSTRACT
In this volume’s opening chapter, Joining Worlds: Knowledge Mobilization and Evidence-Informed Practice, chapter authors and book editors Joel Malin and Chris Brown provide relevant background and describe the purpose of the volume. It includes a definition of evidence-informed practice (EIP) and outlines challenges and benefits of making EIP a reality in schools and school systems. It also argues that brokerage is a necessary and high-leverage strategy for doing so. Several additional key terms are defined and explained, and the book’s conceptual framework is introduced—it sets out three key roles for brokers and draws attention to several key dimensions along which they vary. The book then provides a preview of the book’s remaining contents.
