25.011 - Building Researchers' Capacity to Partner With Practitioners to Conduct Relevant and Useful Research

Session Type: Professional Development Course

Abstract

The learning objectives for early career scholars and advanced researchers participating in this four hour mini course are to:
-Develop a deeper understanding of the various types of research-practice partnerships, their common features and stages;
-Gain insights from the lessons learned from successful partnerships; and
-Understand the steps needed to develop and realize a research-practice partnership’s theory of action.

The instructors will use a combination of brief presentations and hands-on exercises to build the participants’ capacity to partner with practitioners to conduct relevant research. Hard copies of all of the materials needed for the course will be provided by the instructors with the exception of the pre-course required reading materials.

Pre-Course Required Reading Materials

Bryk A. S., Gomez L. M. & Grunow A. (2010). Getting ideas into action: Building networked improvement communities in education. Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching: Stanford, CA.

Coburn, C.E., Penuel,W.R., & Geil, K.E. (2013). Research-Practice Partnerships at the District Level: A New Strategy for Leveraging Research for Educational Improvement. A White Paper prepared for the William T. Grant Foundation.

Sub Unit

• Professional Development and Training Committee

Instructors

• Julie R. Kochanek, American Institutes for Research

• Carrie Lynne Scholz, American Institutes for Research

• Shazia R. Miller, American Institutes for Research