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Session Type: Symposium
This international symposium will present evidence of the critical role of knowledge brokers and boundary spanners in education by examining their diverse roles and functions and the ways in which their work strengthens, and/or could further strengthen, the ties between research and practice communities. This session will explore different aspects of the problem of strengthening research-practice-policy connections and provide a conceptual framework as well as tools, strategies and insights emerging from several international initiatives that will be of interest to educators, researchers and policymakers. Collectively, papers will share diverse approaches to knowledge brokering and research-practice partnerships that focus directly on improving educational practice and co-constructing useful, field-relevant knowledge and introduce a model to assess the impact of brokering efforts.
Spanning Boundaries Between Research, Policy, and Practice: An Exploration of Multiple, Embedded Thematic Knowledge Networks - Erica H. van Roosmalen, Ontario Ministry of Education; Doris McWhorter, International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement; Donna Kotsopoulos, Huron University College; George Gadanidis, University of Western Ontario; Ruth G. Kane, University of Ottawa; Nicholas Ng-A-Fook, University of Ottawa
Avenues of Influence: An Exploration of School-Based Practitioners as Knowledge Brokers and Mobilizers - Elizabeth N. Farley-Ripple, University of Delaware; Sara Bernice Grajeda, University of Delaware
Push and Pull on Twitter: How School Leaders Use Microblogging for Knowledge Mobilization - Jayson W. Richardson, University of Kentucky; Nick John Sauers, Georgia State University; Vincent Cho, Boston College; John Eric M Lingat, University of Kentucky
A Model to Assess the Impact of Brokering Efforts: Proposed Indicators for Multi-Stakeholder Knowledge Mobilization Efforts - Amanda Cooper, Queen's University; Stephen William MacGregor, Queen's University - Kingston