Description:
The authors of this book explain how decisions about education and educational policymaking can be informed by research-based knowledge. They develop a framework to organize three approaches, which are: policy dialogue as persuasion, policy dialogue as negotiation, and policy dialogue as participation and organizational learning. The book includes a nine-stage model for how best to employ research to influence this type of learning using a participatory approach. A current review of literature in research utilization in education is also discussed.
Review Quotes: "Every education minister, World Bank official, and educational researcher should read this book. Its lessons are critical to improving the education provided to the world's children."-Richard J. Murnane Prof. and Chair, Program in Administration, Planning and Social Policy Harvard Graduate School of Education