| Owner: |
Chris Brown
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| Owner Email: |
christopher.brown@mac.com
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| Paper Title: |
Examining How School Social Relationships Impact on Teachers' Use of Research: A Regression Analysis of English Primary School Teachers
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| Session Title: |
Unpacking Research Use: Empirical Evidence About Practices and Conditions
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| Paper Type: |
Paper
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| Presentation Date: |
4/7/2019
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| Presentation Location: |
Toronto, Canada
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| Descriptors: |
Evidence Based Education, Research Utilization, Social Capital
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| Methodology: |
Quantitative
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| Author(s): |
Chris Brown, University of Portsmouth; Dell Zhang, University of London
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| Unit: |
SIG-Research Use
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| Abstract: |
The use of research by teachers is both beneficial and desirable, yet we are still to discover how best to foster teachers’ engagement with research. Considering social influence as a driver of behaviour/behavioural change, in this paper we examine the extent to which social-influence affects teachers’ use of research. We also examine the relative importance of social influence compared to other factors that affect research use: 1) teachers’ perceptions they work in a trusting work environment; 2) perceptions that school leaders’ encourage the use of research; and 3) teachers’ perceptions regarding innovation. To investigate the impact of social influence on teachers’ research-use a regression model using survey and social network data was constructed. Our findings have substantive implications for policy-makers.
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| DOI: |
https://doi.org/10.3102/1424932
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