Philippa Cordingley’s session at the AERA conference was intriguingly titled ‘Stepping stones, bridges and scaffolding: effective tools artefacts and professional learning processes for research use’.
She explored the use of research based tools, processes and artefacts as a means of encouraging use of research at scale in the English education system over the last twelve years.
Philippa argues that much of the research and scholarship around use of research has focussed on the creation and management of knowledge. Some attention has been paid to the processes involved in using research and evidence (Leat et al, 2008; Figgis et al, 2000) and, in particular, to the role of Continuing Professional Development and Learning (CPDL) (Timperley et al, 2006; Cordingley, 2009) in promoting the use of research and evidence. This paper seeks to build on efforts to explore use of research and evidence from the perspective of research users, rather than through the lens of research production and presentation by focussing on the tools and artefacts involved.
To download the paper and to watch her presentation, click here.