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Reasoning from Educational Research to Policy

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This chapter1 is written in a context in which there has been publicly expressed discontent among the educational policy community about the failure of educational research to engage effectively with and to inform policy (Hargreaves, 1996; Hillage, Pearson, Anderson, & Tamkin, 1998; Tooley & Darby, 1998; Blunkett, 2000), echoed slightly less volubly by discontent among the educational research community with the failure of policy makers to take any notice of their research.

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    David Bridges

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  1. Dept. Pedagogische Wetenschappen, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Vesaliusstraat 2, Leuven, 3000, Belgium

    Paul Smeyers

  2. Campus Kortrijk, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Sabbelaan 53, Kortrijk, 8500, Belgium

    Marc Depaepe

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Bridges, D. (2009). Reasoning from Educational Research to Policy. In: Smeyers, P., Depaepe, M. (eds) Educational Research: Proofs, Arguments, and Other Reasonings. Educational Research, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3249-2_13

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