Creating a Useful Science of Education - Society''s Most Important and Challenging Task

This book poses and answers two questions: (a) whether it is possible for the science of education to develop into a discipline that could constructively impact the education of students and, if so (b) what type of research would be required for this transformation.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter One: The Importance of Developing Instructional Products
Chapter Two: Digital and Developmental Instructional Research
Chapter Three: Decision Making in Product Development Research
Chapter Four: Chapter Four: Assessment Products that Might Contribute to a Useful Science of Education
Chapter Five: Research that Might Improve Learning despite the Traditional Classroom
Chapter Six: Research Conducted in the Most Important Instructional Environment (And the
Most Difficult in which to Intervene)
Chapter Seven: Curriculum Research
Chapter Eight: A Big Science Experiment that Might Jumpstart the Science's Infrastructure
Concluding Thoughts
References

About the author

By R. Barker Bausell

Summary

This book poses and answers two questions: (a) whether it is possible for the science of education to develop into a discipline that could constructively impact the education of students and, if so (b) what type of research would be required for this transformation.

Product details

• Authors: R Barker Bausell, R. Barker Bausell
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781475838176
• ISBN: 978-1-4758-3817-6
• No. of pages: 152
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works; EDUCATION / History, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Reference, Reference works, History of Education, Educational strategies & policy, Educational strategies and policy