1. Doing research that matters How research can influence policy and practice
Tristram Hooley

2. ...if I were asked to name the most needed of all reforms in the spirit of education, I should say: 'Cease conceiving of education as mere preparation for later life, and make it the full meaning of the present life.’
John Dewey (1893)

3. I said to myself Malala, you must be brave
I said to myself Malala, you must be brave. You must not be afraid of anyone. You are only trying to get an education. You are not committing a crime. Malala Yousafzai (2013)

6. However this isn’t the whole story…

7. A maths textbook
How much it costs to care for the ‘hereditarily unfit’ in terms of a ‘normal’ worker’s annual salary?

11. So education can open your eyes or mislead you
So education can open your eyes or mislead you. We need contestation, critique and challenge. But not everything is just opinion…

12. Education endowment foundation

15. So where does this leave us?

19. A role for researchers Linking to the big picture
Connecting to evidence
Describing
Listening
Publicising and agitating
Scrutinising
Offering solutions
Providing vision

20. Change actors in education policy
Education practice
Education policy
Media
Researchers
Public opinion
Government
Knowledge
brokers
Civil society
Employers
Schools organisations
Professional associations
Trade unions
Etc.
Individuals in the system

21. Example: Economic benefits
Timely
Relevant
Produced through close working with Careers England
Passed it to MPs/politicians
Continued to make use of it after it was published.

22. Roles for educators Read research Be an informed skeptic
Be a citizen as well as a teacher
Friend a researcher
Participate and partner in research
Become a researcher practitioner
Write something!

23. References
Dewey, J. (1983). Self-realization as the moral ideal. The Philosophical Review, 2.
Education Endowment Foundation Teaching and Learning Toolkit
Gatsby Charitable Foundation. (2014). Good Career Guidance. London: Gatsby Charitable Foundation.
Hooley, T. and Dodd, V. (2015). The Economic Benefits of Career Guidance. Careers England.
Reed, S. (2013). Propaganda in the schoolroom. Available from (Accessed 29th February 2016).

25. About me
Tristram Hooley Professor of Career Education University of Derby