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Download full textTilley, Susan A.; Taylor, Leanne – Journal of the International Society for Teacher Education, 2014
The language of "scholar-activist" has made its way into academic discourse over the last few decades. Historically a divide has existed between academics situated in the university and activists working within and across communities. This discussion paper addresses challenges scholars face when doing activist work within their…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scholarship, Activism, Universities
Direct linkWatermeyer, Richard; Olssen, Mark – Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 2016
A performance-based funding system like the United Kingdom's "Research Excellence Framework" (REF) symbolizes the re-rationalization of higher education according to neoliberal ideology and New Public Management technologies. The REF is also significant for disclosing the kinds of behaviour that characterize universities' response to…
Descriptors: Neoliberalism, Funding Formulas, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics
McNiff, Jean – South African Journal of Education, 2008
In this paper I call for an unequivocal legitimisation of the living "I" in educational research. The paper itself becomes a context that explains this call. It is a report of my action research into my professional learning through working in South Africa, within the context of new policy frameworks for continuing teacher development.…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Action Research, Foreign Countries
Martorella, Peter H. – 1974
The current malaise in social science education research is the result of a stalemate between social studies educators and their research activities at the university level: (1) The social studies educator is not held accountable for research as for teaching courses or supervising student teachers. (2) "Research" is so loosely defined that one can…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Researchers, Financial Support, Higher Education
Bodner, George M.; MacIsaac, Daniel L. – 1995
There is a growing sense of frustration among members of the science education research community that results from the fact that the impact of research in science education on classroom practice has been disappointing. In this theoretical paper, the questions of relevance and accountability in science education research are first reviewed and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Action Research, Causal Models, Criticism
Huynh, Cam-Loi; Hladkyj, Steve – 2000
This study investigated the opinions of college faculty and administrators regarding the purpose, control, and process of performance evaluation, hypothesizing that job orientations and expectations would influence their opinions--that administrators would favor an economic model emphasizing authoritative and quantitative measures; teachers would…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, College Faculty, Educational Quality
