Graduate Student Council Division H Fireside Chat: Graduate Student Council Division H Fireside Chat: Bridging the Research Gap: Disseminating Research to Teachers and Education Leaders

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

Educational research plays an important role in improving education for all; however, there is a gap between the practicality of research and how practitioners can utilize the implications. Teachers have the opportunity to apply research findings within their classroom, but this is only possible if researchers and educational leaders are helping make research accessible, usable, and applicable. This session aims to provide a space for critical discussion about how research can be disseminated thoughtfully, and how to overcome barriers when faced with external pressure from funders or other organizational leaders. This panel consists of a wide variety of school researchers and evaluators to contribute to this conversation and be representative of Division H’s four research strands: Assessment, Evaluation, Accountability, and Research in Schools. Panelists will talk about their personal experience of disseminating their work in meaningful ways for practitioners and/or how they incorporated practitioners into their research/evaluation process to develop usable and accessible implications.

Sub Unit

• Graduate Student Council

Cosponsor

• Division H - Research, Evaluation and Assessment in Schools

Chair

• Marah Lambert, University of North Carolina - Charlotte

Discussant

• Marc Sager, Southern Methodist University

Panelists

• Lynsey K. Gibbons, University of Delaware

• Shirin Vossoughi, Northwestern University

• Elizabeth R. Albro, Institute of Education Sciences

• Jennifer Leigh Whitson, Alexandria City Public Schools