20 Años sobre el Impacto de la Investigación Educativa en la Práctica. Algunas Recomendaciones y Propuestas de Mejora

  1. Mª del Pilar García Rodríguez 1
  2. Jose Manuel Corone 1
  3. Inmaculada Gómez Hurtado 1
  4. Inmaculada Gónzález-Falcón 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Huelva
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    Universidad de Huelva

    Huelva, España

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Journal:
REICE: Revista Iberoamericana sobre Calidad, Eficacia y Cambio en Educación

ISSN: 1696-4713

Year of publication: 2024

Volume: 22

Issue: 1

Pages: 121-140

Type: Article

DOI: 10.15366/REICE2024.22.1.007 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

In the last two decades, the impact of educational research on school improvement processes has received increasing attention in the international context and has become an important concern for teachers, researchers and policy makers. Literature has explored how impact is theorised and researched. The aim of this paper is to drive recommendations and proposals to close the stubborn and long-standing gap between research and practice, based on the review of the literature corresponding to the period 2000-2020 of the studies on the impact of educational research in practice. We have conducted a systematic literature review in the WOS, Scopus and ProQuest databases focusing on the impact of educational research between 2000 and 2020. From 237 articles identified, we selected 145. We drew up a system of categories for the content analysis and identified 50 proposals and recommendations. The results reflect the available knowledge regarding the impact of educational research in practice, the main agents involved,the policies to be developed in different fields and suggested methodological guidelines, as well as the implications for initial and ongoing teacher training.

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