Bringing Research to Practice EER 2017 Mini-workshop Hannah Scherer

Workshop Overview Orientation/ grounding for the session Brainstorming Round 1: Barriers and Challenges Existing models and theories Brainstorming Round 2: Strategies Wrap-up and next steps Evaluation

Goals Identify barriers to the flow of information from research publications to the classroom. Identify existing opportunities and strategies that promote the use of education research findings in everyday instruction. Develop new strategies and models that promote the use of education research findings in everyday instruction by addressing barriers.

Why did you decide to attend? What is one example of using education research in your classroom or seeing your education research used in the classroom?

What are challenges/ barriers to implementing education research findings in practice?

Cooperative Extension Applied research Agents Public

Rogers (2003); Image by Bryan Mathers (CC BY-ND 2.0)

Translational Research Medicine Basic research Clinical research Patients/ communities Patient-oriented research Population-based research Basic research Translational Research (Rubio et al., 2010)

Community-based Participatory Research Medicine Basic research Clinical research Patients/ communities “collaborative research approach that is designed to ensure and establish structures for participation by communities affected by the issue being studied, representatives of organizations, and researchers in all aspects of the research process to improve health and well-being through taking action, including social change.” (Viswanathan, et al., 2004) Community-based Participatory Research

Prepare to share out a concrete idea Identify… Consider… Solutions Strategies Recommendations Audience Format/ venue Resources Prepare to share out a concrete idea

Geoscience Education Research and Practice Forum NEXT! Geoscience Education Research and Practice Forum 4:30 – 5:45 today Ballroom C (this room!) Keep the conversation going

References Rogers, Everett (2003). Diffusion of Innovations, 5th Edition. Simon and Schuster. Rubio, D. M., Schoenbaum, E. E., Lee, L. S., Schteingart, D. E., Marantz, P. R., Anderson, K. E., . . . Esposito, K. (2010). Defining Translational Research: Implications for Training. Academic Medicine, 85(3), 470-475. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181ccd618 Vines, K. A. (2017). Engagement through cooperative extension: Towards understanding meaning and practice among educators in two state extension systems. (Doctor of Philosophy), The Pennsylvania State University. Viswanathan, M., Ammerman, A., Eng, E., Gartlehner, G., Lohr, K. N., Griffith, D., . . . Whitener, L. (2004). Community-based Participatory Research: Assessing the Evidence. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.