This ground-breaking book comprehensively addresses an area of major and sustained concern: how to improve the use of research evidence and enhance educators' research engagement as a route to the improvement of educational practice. It focuses on the topic of knowledge brokering and mobilization in education, and its role in fostering evidence-informed practice.

Divided into three sections, each addressing a different role of knowledge mobilizers, the book is based in clear evidentiary grounding. The chapters:

Explore payoffs and challenges of connecting research to practice

Provide recommendations in relation to practice and decision-making

Present organized and professionally-enhancing tools, strategies and insights

Written by internationally-recognized leaders and expert contributors, The Role of Knowledge Brokers in Education brings together extensive and global perspectives in an accessible yet comprehensive volume. This book is an invaluable resource for educational leaders worldwide who are interested in using or generating research for school improvement, as well as researchers, academics, and students in schools of education.

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Cover Page
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Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
About the Editors
About the Contributors
1 Joining Worlds: Knowledge Mobilization and Evidence-Informed Practice
2 Educational Brokerage and Knowledge Mobilization in the United States: Who, What, Why, How?
3 Push and Pull on Twitter: How School Leaders use Twitter for Knowledge Brokering
4 Evidence for the Frontline: More Questions Than Answers
5 Fostering Improved Connections Between Research, Policy, and Practice: The Knowledge Network for Applied Education Research
6 Avenues of Influence: An Exploration of School-Based Practitioners as Knowledge Brokers and Mobilizers
7 Knowledge Brokering: “Not a Place for Novices or New Conscripts”
8 What is the Research Brokerage Role that can be Played by Social Relationships? Learning from a Quantitative Study from England
9 Building Student Teachers’ Capacity to Engage with Research
10 Knowledge Brokerage Through Research-Practice-Administration Partnerships: Learnings from Germany
11 The Role of Brokers in Sustaining Partnership Work in Education
12 Using Frameworks and Models to Support Knowledge Mobilization
13 Conclusion: The Future of Research Use?
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