Full Description
The Foundational Handbook on Improvement Research in Education is a pathbreaking effort to build a field of research committed to producing the practical knowledge needed to advance educational access, quality, and equity. This is research distinguished by the use of inclusive, iterative approaches to analysis, design, implementation, and evaluation to understand and address educational opportunities, needs, and problems grounded deeply in school and community contexts. Designed for researchers, students, and educators, the handbook elaborates the intellectual foundations, explores the organizational and policy contexts, reviews approaches, and examines methods of improvement research. It features contributions from a plural community of researchers with expertise in the learning sciences, instructional improvement, organizational and policy studies, and research methodologies, many with extensive experience collaborating with teachers, leadership, families, and advocates in local problem solving and design.
Contents
Introduction: Introducing Improvement Research in Education, Jennifer Lin Russell & William R. PenuelSECTION 1: FOUNDATIONS OF IMPROVEMENT RESEARCH IN EDUCATION
Introduction to Section 1: Foundations of Improvement Research in Education, David Eddy-Spicer & William R. Penuel
Chapter 2: The Work of Improvement, June Ahn, Erica Van Steenis, & William R. PenuelChapter 3: Equitable Learning, Barry Fishman & Leslie Rupert HerrenkohlChapter 4: The Institution of Schooling, Sarah L. Woulfin & Carrie AllenChapter 5: Accomplishing Meaningful Equity, David Eddy-Spicer & Louis M. GomezChapter 6: The Theory and Practice of Democracy and Community, William R. Penuel & Vanessa RobertsSECTION 2: CONTEXTS OF IMPROVEMENT RESEARCH IN EDUCATION
Introduction to Section 2: Contexts of Improvement Research in Education, Amanda Datnow & Donald J. Peurach
Chapter 7: Classroom Teaching and Learning as the Focus for Improvement Research, Paul Cobb & Anne Garrison WilhelmChapter 8: Networked Improvement in the US and England: A New Role for the Middle Tier, Joshua L. Glazer, Toby Greany, Megan Duff, & William BerryChapter 9:Community-Based Partnerships: Advancing Epistemic Rights through Improvement Research, Gerald Campano, María Paula Ghiso, & Ankhi ThakurtaChapter 10:Democratizing Educational Innovation and Improvement: The Policy Contexts of Improvement Research in Education, Donald J. Peurach, Anna T. Foster, Angela M. Lyle, & Emily R. SeeberChapter 11:Critical Perspectives on the Contexts of Improvement Research in Education, Huriya Jabbar & Joshua ChildsSECTION 3: MAPPING IMPROVEMENT RESEARCH IN EDUCATION
Introduction to Section 3: Mapping Improvement Research in Education, Marisa Cannata
Chapter 12: Defining Shared Principles of Improvement Research in Education, Stacey A. Rutledge, Marisa Cannata, & Carla P. WellbornChapter 13:5S Framework for Defining Problems Addressed Through Improvement Research in Education, Brandi Hinnant-Crawford & Erin AndersonChapter 14: On Teams: Exploring Variation in the Social Organization of Improvement Research in Education, Lora Cohen-Vogel, Christopher Harrison, & Daniel Cohen-VogelChapter 15:Model Variation in Inquiry Processes, Catherine Lewis, Erin Henrick, Shelley Friedkin, & Steven McGee SECTION 4: DESIGNS, TOOLS, AND METHODS OF IMPROVEMENT RESEARCH IN EDUCATION
Introduction to Section 4: Designs, Tools, and Methods of Improvement Research in Education, Alan J. Daly & Jennifer Lin Russell
Chapter 16: Solidarity-driven Codesign: Evolving Methodologies for Expanding Engagement with Familial & Community Expertise, Ann M. Ishimaru & Megan BangChapter 17: Critical Social Network Analysis as a Method for Examining How Power Mediates Improvement Efforts, Megan Hopkins, Hayley Weddle, Robbin Riedy, Anita Caduff, Lisa Matsukata, & Tracy M. SweetChapter 18: Measurement for Improvement, Sola Takahashi, Kara Jackson, Jon R. Norman, Marsha Ing, & Andrew E. KrummChapter 19: What do Campfires and Social Media have in Common? Improvement, Kaitlin Torphy Knake, Jordan Tait, & Kenneth FrankChapter 20: Data-Intensive Improvement: The Intersection of Data Science and Improvement Science, Andrew E. Krumm and Alex J. BowersCONCLUSION
Chapter 21:Conclusion: Building the Field of Improvement Research in Education, Donald J. Peurach & Lora Cohen-Vogel
