In Summer of 2020, the Research Methodology in Education SIG and the Practitioner Researchers SIG hosted the Principles into Practice event. An event was requested to find out how/why Head Teachers and Senior Management (Leadership) Teams encourage research in developing their school or as the basis for interventions.
This event was a panel discussion and a live chaired discussion by practitioner presenters who answered the following questions:
- What was a key reason for embracing a research-based approach?
- How did the Senior Management help to develop a culture of research and use research-based approaches for interventions?
- What were some of the ways in which a culture of research can be developed?
- How were the barriers to implementing such an approach overcome?
- What is some of the learning from taking such an approach?