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Reviewing research in education in Australia and the UK: evaluating the evaluations

Ribbins, Peter, Bates, Richard and Gunter, Helen 2003, Reviewing research in education in Australia and the UK: evaluating the evaluations, Journal of educational administration, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 423-444.

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Title Reviewing research in education in Australia and the UK: evaluating the evaluations
Author(s) Ribbins, Peter
Bates, Richard
Gunter, Helen
Journal name Journal of educational administration
Volume number 41
Issue number 4
Start page 423
End page 444
Publisher Emerald Publishing Group
Place of publication Bingley, England
Publication date 2003
ISSN 0957-8234
Keyword(s) Australia
Education
Research
United Kingdom
Summary In many countries concerns have been expressed about the merits of educational research. This paper reports on the outcomes of a review of reviews of such research in Australia and the UK. Taken at face value, the latest round of reviews are largely critical in the UK (where they have generated much debate) and mainly favourable in Australia (where they have not). In accounting for this difference the paper suggests that it might be explained in part as a function of how the reviews were conducted. In the UK reviews have tended to begin with the research and work forward to practice whereas in Australia they have been inclined to begin with practice and work back to the research. It is suggested that policy makers, practitioners and researchers in Australia and the UK have much to learn from each other's experience, as have those in other countries planning similar reviews.
Notes Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright owner.
Language eng
Field of Research 130304 Educational Administration, Management and Leadership
HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal
Copyright notice ©2003, Emerald Publishing Group
Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30008575

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