Scaling Down: A Modest Proposal for Practice-based Policy Research in Teaching
This proposal addresses the assumptions underlying the “Science Wars” about the purpose of educational research. The author proposes a more modest “Lake Woebegon” approach to school reform that supports long-term professional education, a shift away from “Best Practices” to “Pretty Good Practices,”...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Arizona State University
2014-02-01
|
| Series: | Education Policy Analysis Archives |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/1473 |
| id |
doaj-b9e45eee5d6440d0a035c4d191dfe523 |
|---|---|
| record_format |
Article |
| spelling |
doaj-b9e45eee5d6440d0a035c4d191dfe5232020-11-25T03:51:01ZengArizona State UniversityEducation Policy Analysis Archives1068-23412014-02-0122010.14507/epaa.v22n9.20141190Scaling Down: A Modest Proposal for Practice-based Policy Research in TeachingFrederick Erickson0Inaugural George F. Kneller Professor of Anthropology of Education, Emeritus University of California, Los AngelesThis proposal addresses the assumptions underlying the “Science Wars” about the purpose of educational research. The author proposes a more modest “Lake Woebegon” approach to school reform that supports long-term professional education, a shift away from “Best Practices” to “Pretty Good Practices,” low fidelity implementation of interventions, and the importance of local context. Action research is presented as one possible qualitative approach for conducting “practice-based research.”https://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/1473educational policyeducational researchschool reformqualitative methodsScience Wars |
| collection |
DOAJ |
| language |
English |
| format |
Article |
| sources |
DOAJ |
| author |
Frederick Erickson |
| spellingShingle |
Frederick Erickson Scaling Down: A Modest Proposal for Practice-based Policy Research in Teaching Education Policy Analysis Archives educational policy educational research school reform qualitative methods Science Wars |
| author_facet |
Frederick Erickson |
| author_sort |
Frederick Erickson |
| title |
Scaling Down: A Modest Proposal for Practice-based Policy Research in Teaching |
| title_short |
Scaling Down: A Modest Proposal for Practice-based Policy Research in Teaching |
| title_full |
Scaling Down: A Modest Proposal for Practice-based Policy Research in Teaching |
| title_fullStr |
Scaling Down: A Modest Proposal for Practice-based Policy Research in Teaching |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Scaling Down: A Modest Proposal for Practice-based Policy Research in Teaching |
| title_sort |
scaling down: a modest proposal for practice-based policy research in teaching |
| publisher |
Arizona State University |
| series |
Education Policy Analysis Archives |
| issn |
1068-2341 |
| publishDate |
2014-02-01 |
| description |
This proposal addresses the assumptions underlying the “Science Wars” about the purpose of educational research. The author proposes a more modest “Lake Woebegon” approach to school reform that supports long-term professional education, a shift away from “Best Practices” to “Pretty Good Practices,” low fidelity implementation of interventions, and the importance of local context. Action research is presented as one possible qualitative approach for conducting “practice-based research.” |
| topic |
educational policy educational research school reform qualitative methods Science Wars |
| url |
https://epaa.asu.edu/ojs/article/view/1473 |
| work_keys_str_mv |
AT frederickerickson scalingdownamodestproposalforpracticebasedpolicyresearchinteaching |
| _version_ |
1724489218448687104 |