TY - JOUR
T1 - Mobilising Knowledge through Global Partnerships to Support Research-informed Teaching
T2 - Five Models for Translational Research
AU - Younie, Sarah
AU - Audain, Jon
AU - Eloff, Irma
AU - Leask, Marilyn
AU - Procter, Richard
AU - Shelton, Chris
N1 - Special issue title: Perspectives on Evidence-based Knowledge for Teachers: acquisition, mobilisation and utilisation.
PY - 2018/9/13
Y1 - 2018/9/13
N2 - Improving the quality of teaching is of global concern: UNESCO’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4c in the Education 2030: Framework for Action calls for high quality teaching for all. The OECD challenges the education system to improve Knowledge Management.JET’s (2015) special issue: Translational Research (TR) and Knowledge Mobilisation in Teacher Education introduced the concept of ‘translational’ or ‘theory to practice’ research - well-established in medicine but not in education.Five TR models were subsequently developed by the MESH charity’s international network with organisations in South Africa, Bangladesh, Australia, Pakistan, UK. These distinct models engage 1) university staff and teachers 2) subject associations, 3) research units, 4) an international NGO working in crisis settings, 5) PhD tutors and students.Each model shares common features forming the MESH Translational Research methodology introduced in this article. A TR repository is part of the MESH knowledge mobilisation strategy giving teachers access to research summaries which, overtime, accumulate knowledge. TR publications called MESHGuides (www.meshguides.org) complement existing forms of publication. This article proposes the MESH TR methodology as one affordable and scalable solution to OECD and UNESCO’s challenges of keeping teachers up-to-date and making new knowledge accessible to teachers regardless of location.
AB - Improving the quality of teaching is of global concern: UNESCO’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4c in the Education 2030: Framework for Action calls for high quality teaching for all. The OECD challenges the education system to improve Knowledge Management.JET’s (2015) special issue: Translational Research (TR) and Knowledge Mobilisation in Teacher Education introduced the concept of ‘translational’ or ‘theory to practice’ research - well-established in medicine but not in education.Five TR models were subsequently developed by the MESH charity’s international network with organisations in South Africa, Bangladesh, Australia, Pakistan, UK. These distinct models engage 1) university staff and teachers 2) subject associations, 3) research units, 4) an international NGO working in crisis settings, 5) PhD tutors and students.Each model shares common features forming the MESH Translational Research methodology introduced in this article. A TR repository is part of the MESH knowledge mobilisation strategy giving teachers access to research summaries which, overtime, accumulate knowledge. TR publications called MESHGuides (www.meshguides.org) complement existing forms of publication. This article proposes the MESH TR methodology as one affordable and scalable solution to OECD and UNESCO’s challenges of keeping teachers up-to-date and making new knowledge accessible to teachers regardless of location.
KW - communal constructivism
KW - innovative methodology
KW - knowledge management
KW - knowledge mobilisation
KW - translational research
KW - research-informed
KW - evidence-based
KW - UNESCO
KW - OECD
KW - SDG
KW - Communal constructivism
UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/
U2 - 10.1080/02607476.2018.1516348
DO - 10.1080/02607476.2018.1516348
M3 - Article
VL - 44
SP - 574
EP - 589
JO - Journal of Education for Teaching
JF - Journal of Education for Teaching
SN - 0260-7476
IS - 5
ER -