What Makes Education Research Impactful: Mobilizing Knowledge Through Research-Practice-Policy Partnership Configurations

• In Event: Research Use: Motivation, Mobilization, and Brokerage

Abstract

With an increasing emphasis across education systems for research to generate greater research impact on teacher education, education policies and practice, there is a paucity of knowledge in how impact is perceived by Singapore’s education researchers and research users, and the factors that optimise the impact arising from the education research projects in a “Triple Helix” model between universities, governments and schools. This study aims to address the gap by adopting a multiple case-study approach to understand how research users and researchers perceive impact and the facilitating factors of impact across eight cases of research projects in local context. Findings and emerging questions from the study contribute to the growing body of scholarship in strengthening the research-practice-policy partnership nexus.

Authors

• Lorraine Renfeng Ow, National Institute of Education - Nanyang Technological University

• Dennis Kwek, National Institute of Education - Nanyang Technological University

• Puay Huat Chua, National Institute of Education - Nanyang Technological University

• Sao-Ee Goh, National Institute of Education - Nanyang Technological University

• Monica Woei Ling Ong, Ministry of Education, Singapore

• Ching Leen Chiam, National Institute of Education - Nanyang Technological University

• Monica May Ching Lim, National Institute of Education - Nanyang Technological University