PSYC 3800 Chapter Notes -Rorschach Test, Convergent Thinking, Extraversion And Introversion
9 Dec 2013
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The growing (but still limited) importance of evidence in education policy and practice. Evidence-based decision making" (ebdm) and evidence-based or evidence-informed policy and practice have become primary concerns. Knowledge mobilization - the creation of new institutions, support for changes in policy processes, and the establishment of international networks and partnerships. People get their knowledge of research not from reading the original studies, but through various mediating processes. Government policy documents in many countries now make explicit mention of the importance of research in formulating policy. The united kingdom front runner in the field of knowledge mobilization changes in funding and resource allocations that illustrate this governmental priority. The united states some us how school districts are struggling with the complexity and implications of ebdm. A number of us universities also operate knowledge mobilization" services of one kind or another, in which they make efforts to connect research to policy and practice.
