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

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posted on 2003-01-01, 00:00 authored by P Ribbins, Richard BatesRichard Bates, H Gunter
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.

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Journal

Journal of educational administration

Volume

41

Issue

4

Pagination

423 - 444

Publisher

Emerald Publishing Group

Location

Bingley, England

ISSN

0957-8234

Language

eng

Notes

Reproduced with the kind permission of the copyright owner.

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2003, Emerald Publishing Group

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