The university extension is the university substantive process less understood by teachers. Many teachers do research but do not feel the need to disseminate their results.
Sharing the findings and results among teachers in their schools and communities would support the continuous professional development of teachers
Sharing the findings and results among teachers in their schools and communities would support the continuous professional development of teachers
The risk when research is not effectively disseminated is that the same questions are answered (often in the same way ) again and again - because no one realises what has already been achieved. It is frustrating to see the practical issues facing educators, when there may have been existing research and responses identified to deal with these. I feel there is also an ethical requirement to share the results of research, especially when this involves human participants who have given their time and effort to contribute to a project.
I think it's incumbent on researchers to disseminate their results. They are being paid / funded to undertake research, and it is both selfish and unprofessional not to make the results of the studies available to the wider academic / clinical / interested world.
Rolando,its only in education that research findings remain on the university shelves. Education should borrow a leaf from medical profession,where respect is given to study findings.On the other hand,researchers should not repeat studies as this negates the idea of new knowledge in education.If teachers are involving themselves in relevant researches,dissemination and utilization of findings would not be an issue.The teachers can diisseminate/ implement the findings using the classrooms or his/her environment.Once the difference is clear,others will buy the findings.My major concern is not the teachers in classrooms,but how educational research findings can be transferred or transmitted to educational planners and the public for improved quality of life in developing countries.
Researchers need to disclose their results. They should publish it, share with the academic community, and share with their colleagues and students even. What's the good of not disclosing results?
I share my research with my colleagues and students:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Miranda_Yeoh/publications/?ev=prf_pubs_1
The now well-established notion of scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) has dissemination as one of its key ideas.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholarship_of_Teaching_and_Learning
The idea is that university teachers need to treat their teaching in the same way as they teach their research.
Dear Saed, Juliana, Sandra, Iain, Ijeoma, Miranda and John, thank you very much for the important contributions!!.
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