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Laura S. Hamilton; Orrin Murray – American Institutes for Research, 2023
There has been no shortage of advice regarding how the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) might reinvent itself to improve the utility, relevance, and impact of the research it funds. Nor is there a lack of efforts to glean lessons from Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), some of which are referenced within this report. This…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Technology, Educational Innovation, Federal Government
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Jacob, Merle; Hellström, Tomas – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
This paper makes a plea for the construction of a common agenda for higher education and science, technology and innovation (STI) policy research. The public higher education and research sector in all countries is currently in the grip of several challenges arising from increased accountability, internationalization and in some cases dwindling…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Education, Policy, Sciences
Porter, Andrew; McMaken, Jennifer – Phi Delta Kappan, 2009
Strengthening connections between research and practice is an important goal in education. Making the connection has both a supply side and a demand side but the demand is often ignored in education. The authors offer six hypotheses about why this situation occurs.
Descriptors: Research and Development, Theory Practice Relationship, Supply and Demand, Educational Change
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. National Science Board. – 1987
This volume was written to reflect an increased awareness of the complementary roles played by science and engineering research and engineering in creating both new knowledge and new technological products and processes. It was designed to provide a broad base of quantitative information about the structure and function of science and technology…
Descriptors: College Science, Educational Research, Engineering Education, Graduate Study
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Committee on Research in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education. – 1985
The six chapters in this report focus on: (1) a basic orientation for a focused research agenda; (2) research on reasoning (considering the development of competence and the search for generality in reasoning skills); (3) research on instruction (examining research on teachers, curricula and curricular materials, and testing); (4) research on…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Cognitive Processes, Computer Software, Educational Improvement
Eidell, Terry L., Ed.; Kitchel, Joanne M., Ed. – 1968
The seven papers contained in this monograph were presented at the Seventeenth UCEA Career Development Seminar held in Portland, Oregon, October 1967. Some papers view the problems of applying new knowledge to practice quite generally in the context of the broader society while others focus more sharply on strategies for implementing the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Agents, Diffusion, Educational Administration
Klapper, Michael H.; And Others – 1991
This document explores the mission, goals, and underlying philosophy of the National Center for Science Teaching and Learning (NCSTL). The reform of the U.S. educational system, especially in the area of science education, will require a thorough examination of noncurricular, external factors affecting science education. In order to bring about…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Educational Change