1. Research Supporting Practice in Education (RSPE)
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS: Dr. Ben Levin & Dr. Creso Sa
OISE KM TEAM: Amanda Cooper, Brenton Faubert, Joannie Leung, Sharon Li, Shalini Mascarenhas,
Jie Qi, Kathy Thompson, Anita Ram
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CEA PROJECT: RESEARCH USE AND ITS IMPACT IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS
KNOWLEDGE MOBILIZATION (KM)
GETTING THE RIGHT INFORMATION TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE IN THE RIGHT FORMAT AT THE RIGHT TIME SO AS TO INFLUENCE DECISION-MAKING
MOVING KNOWLEDGE INTO ACTIVE SERVICE FOR THE BROADEST POSSIBLE COMMON GOOD
THE PROCESS FROM THE CREATION OF EVIDENCE TO ITS ULTIMATE IMPACT
COLLABORATIVE PROBLEM-SOLVING BETWEEN RESEARCHERS AND DECISION MAKERS THAT HAPPENS THROUGH LINKAGE AND EXCHANGE
WEBSITE ANALYSIS PROJECT: EVALUATING KM IN ORGANIZATIONS
targets secondary school educational leaders (superintendents, principals and others with designated leadership roles )
188 Respondents to Phase 1 Survey
OVERVIEW: Examine KM in Organizations by evaluating Products, Events & Networks on more than 200 Websites
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK I RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1. How do educators learn about research findings? 
2. In what ways do the school systems support or inhibit the use of research?
3. What knowledge do educational leaders have about some important research findings related to improving secondary schools?
4. How do these research findings affect district and school policies, programs, resource allocations and other decisions?
5.What interventions might most effectively and efficiently improve the availability and use of research in and for secondary schools?
Accessibility
Perceived Quality
Characteristics of the research
Research background
Interest level
Supporting processes and structures
Characteristics of the educators and schools
General and professional media experts
Professional development providers
Role of
third parties as distributors of knowledge
What “Knowledge”?
tacit
explicit
embodied
encultured
discourses
research
evidence
innovations
standards
indicators
routines
best practices
With or to whom? In whose Interests?
Individuals
Groups
Organizations
Systems
The Public
knowledge brokers
researchers
Administrators
practitioners
parents
community members
policy makers
For What Purposes? “Used” How?
Problem solving: change or influence
practice
decisions
policy – development; implementation
Enlightenment
Empowerment
Political
In What Context?
government
boards
agencies
schools
districts
regions
communities
work places
universities
media
What Techniques?
guidelines
training & workshops
infrastructure
lobbying
interventions
incentives
facilitation
information
technology
communities of practice
With What Impact/ Effect?
Instrumental
Conceptual
Symbolic
Improving teaching and learning
Student Outcomes
Student Engagement
Changing practice
Influencing policy
PRELIMINARY TRENDS:
1. More products than events and networks (diversity within each)
2. Organizations not very engaged in KM work (as evidenced from their websites)
3. Much of the Dissemination seems passive (relies on users)
4. Best KM occurring in think-tanks, third party agencies with explicit KM mandate
CEA PROJECT: FINDINGS FROM PHASE ONE
CEA PROJECT PHASE TWO: INTERVENTIONS
AREAS OF INTEREST ASSESSED BY SURVEY QUESTIONS
Knowledge Claims
Level of agreement with the claim
Source of information that supports your knowledge of this statement
Research Report
PD Events
Professional Network/Colleagues
Personal Experience
Data collected in your school/district
Importance of the source of information in your acceptance of this particular claim
The first activity involves providing districts with some readily-available sources of good research on secondary schools and student success (newsletters, websites, readings) that can be distributed and used as each district chooses.
System to share research articles
The second activity involves creating study groups of district leaders (6 to 10 people in a group) who would meet a few times during the year to discuss important research on secondary school improvement. Districts will be provided with the relevant material.
Study groups around research issues
The third activity is to implement an intervention to track your former students’ post-high school destinations and to use these data to inform district planning for secondary schools. Districts will be provided with a methodology and survey instrument for this activity, which can be carried out by secondary students as part of a course.
Tracking Post-school Destinations
Research Culture
Research Use
Research focused events
School practices
Research Activities: Events, Resources, Networking
Report & Analyze data sources
FUTURE STEPS: We are currently working on a system of quality measures organizations can use to assess their KM work
Student pathways and trajectories
SSHRC PROJECT: KNOWLEDGE MOBILIZATION IN FACULTIES OF EDUCATION
Objective: This study examines the strategies used and steps taken by Canadian universities and faculties of education in comparison with leading international faculties to make research more accessible and available to the broader education community as well as looking for evidence on the results of these measures.
Success factors for students
Research Culture
> Strongly positive about extent to which research is used in districts
> More similarities than differences across districts
> Lack of Knowledge about institutional research infrastructure. One exception is a board which has made consistent effort in KM; 94% of this district knew infrastructure existed, suggesting that efforts to give more profile to research does have an impact
Knowledge Claims
> Strong agreement on 3 out of 6 Knowledge Claims
1.Disengagment results in drop outs
2.Student outcomes vary widely in schools with similar demographics
3.Quality of teaching determining factor in post-secondary pursuit
> Lack of agreement on 3 out of 6 Knowledge Claims
Students failing one course in Gr. 9 at Greater risk of dropping out: 63% Agree, 24% Disagree -Notably ON had substantially higher Agreement
Secondary school performance predicts post-secondary success: 39% Agree,36% Disagree
Most students think high school prepares them for post-secondary: 37% Agree 36%, Disagree
CEA PROJECT: IMPLICATIONS
RSPE WEBTRACKER & SURVEY I PROJECT WIKI
Issues for Districts to Consider
Do we have a culture that supports research use?
Is this support embedded in our daily processes and systems?
Do we have real capacity in our district to find, understand, share and use research?
How do we communicate research to our broader community?
PARTNERSHIPS: CEA, OISE & 11 SCHOOL DISTRICTS
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POSTER PREPARED BY: Amanda Cooper