Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Communicating educational research to practitioners (10 May 2004) Educational research plays a vital role in informing classroom practice, yet it seems that the link between new findings and current practice is a protracted one. The route for developing classroom practice at present is through impacting upon policy makers who then develop these ideas through policies and documents (such as QCA schemes of work and the National Strategies). Research has been presented that shows that teachers still consider educational research as too removed from everyday classroom practice and that research is too dismissive of teachers' practical knowledge. If the communities of research and practice are to come closer together then this disparity must be addressed. Article URL: http://www.nestafuturelab.org/viewpoint/art24.htm Read 76 more articles from NESTA Futurelab sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: Cuckoo For Customers : Here's one high-tech company where dedication to customers borders on the loony     This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy