Improving student learning : a strategic plan for education research and its utilization / Committee on a Feasibility Study for a Strategic Education Research Program, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council Staff, Corporate Author.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on a Feasibility Study for a Strategic Education Research Program.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Education--Research--United States.

Education.

School improvement programs--United States.

School improvement programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (86 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academy Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The state of America's schools is a major concern of policymakers, educators, and parents, and new programs and ideas are constantly proposed to improve it. Yet few of these programs and ideas are based on strong research about students and teachers--about learning and teaching. Even when there is solid knowledge, the task of importing it into more than one million classrooms is daunting. Improving Student Learning responds by proposing an ambitious and extraordinary plan: a strategic education research program that would focus on four key questions: How can advances in research on learning be incorporated into educational practice? How can student motivation to achieve in school be increased? How can schools become organizations capable of continuous improvement? How can the use of research knowledge be increased in schools? This book is the springboard for a year-long discussion among educators, researchers, policy makers, and the potential funders-federal, state, and private-of the proposed strategic education research program. The committee offers suggestions for designing, organizing, and managing an effective strategic education research program by building a structure of interrelated networks. The book highlights such issues as how teachers can help students overcome their conceptions about how the world works, the effect of expectations on school performance, and the particular challenges of teaching children from diverse and disadvantaged backgrounds. In the midst of a cacophony of voices about America's schools, this book offers a serious, long-range proposal for meeting the challenges of educating the nation's children.

Contents:

Improving Student Learning

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Executive Summary

FOUR KEY QUESTIONS

THE PROPOSED STRATEGIC EDUCATION RESEARCH PROGRAM

How This Plan Differs from Other Efforts

How This Plan Relates to Other Efforts

Why a Strategic Plan is Needed

Next Steps

1 Can Research Serve the Needs of Education?

EDUCATION REFORM AND EDUCATION RESEARCH

Education Reform: An American Passion

The Role of Research

Complexity

Underinvestment

Lack of Focus

Difficulties of Translating Research

TOWARD A STRATEGIC APPROACH TO RESEARCH

Defining Strategic

Benefits of a Strategic Plan

2 Focusing Our Efforts: Four Key Questions

INCORPORATING RESEARCH ON COGNITION, LEARNING, AND DEVELOPMENT INTO EDUCATIONAL PRACTICE

Teaching That Builds on Students' Prior Learning

Teaching for Deep Understanding

Effective Transfer of Knowledge to New Situations

Building an Environment That Supports Learning

INCREASING STUDENT MOTIVATION AND ENGAGEMENT IN LEARNING

Expectations, Effort, and Performance

Motivating by Design

Understanding Student Disengagement from Learning

Motivation and Learning

TRANSFORMING SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

PROMOTING THE USE OF EDUCATION RESEARCH TO IMPROVE STUDENT LEARNING

Use of Research for Policy

Use of Research for Practice

A Collaborative Approach to Research

CODA

Every Child Can Learn

The Challenge of Schools and School Districts with Diverse and Disadvantaged Students

3 Getting Answers: Designing a Strategic Research Program

A NEW MODEL FOR EDUCATION RESEARCH

THE SERP NETWORKS

Core Components

Network Strategic Plans

Network Activities

Assessing the State of the Art

Furthering Research

Strengthening Practice.

Enhancing Existing Projects

Disseminating Network Findings and Activities

Building Capacity within the Field

Relation to Other Programs

GOVERNANCE

Host Organization

SERP Governing Board

Policy Activities

The Board and the Networks

SERP Congress

Development Activities

Time Frame

NEXT STEPS

References.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 67-76).

ISBN:

9786610185931

9780309173100

0309173108

9781280185939

1280185937

9780309593281

030959328X

9780585136103

0585136106

OCLC:

43476875