Series 1. Episode 2. Evidence Based Teaching - The Research Practice Divide

Powerful Learning Podcast

Why is it that there seems to be such a massive gap between research and practice when it comes to teaching and learning? It turns out that this is a highly complex question to answer. But that will not deter us from trying! So, for today’s podcast, we’ll look into some of the anecdotal and empirical claims about why the research-practice divide exists and what can be done to address it.

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References discussed in the Podcast:
Failed Replications in Education using Large-Scale RCTs: Lortie-Forgues, H., & Inglis, M. (2019). Rigorous Large-Scale Educational RCTs Are Often Uninformative: Should We Be Concerned? Educational Researcher, 48(3), 158–166. https://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X19832850
An excellent article on the current state of the 'research-practice' divide in education: Chi, M. T. H. (2021). Translating a Theory of Active Learning: An Attempt to Close the Research‐Practice Gap in Education. Topics in Cognitive Science, 13(3), 441–463. https://doi.org/10.1111/tops.12539