BES Journal Conference & OECD Papers

Summary

This page contains all the BES Journals, Conference and OECD Papers and where they have been presented.

Papers

Title		Downloads
Alton-Lee, A. (2007). The Iterative Best Evidence Synthesis Programme: Collaborative knowledge building and use across research, policy and practice in education. In CERI Evidence in Education: Linking research and policy. Paris: OECD. This paper provides an in-depth discussion of the application of best evidence synthesis findings to research, policy and practice in education.		Evidence in education: Linking Research & Policy [PDF 1.5MB]
Timperley, H., & Alton-Lee, A. (2008). Reframing teacher professional learning: An alternative policy approach to strengthening valued outcomes for diverse learners. Review of Research in Education 32, 328 – 369. This paper dicusses significant findings from the Teacher Professional Learning and Development best evidence synthesis and their application to increasing the effectiveness of teacher professional learning that will enable improved outcomes for diverse learners.		Reframing teacher professional learning: An alternative policy approach to strengthening valued outcomes for diverse learners [PDF 521.8KB]

Presented Papers

Title	Delivered at	Downloads
Alton-Lee, A. (2008). Designing and supporting teacher professional development to improve valued student outcomes. Invited paper, General Assembly of Fellows of the International Academy of Education, Limassol, Cyprus, 26th September.	Invited paper, General Assembly of Fellows of the International Academy of Education, Limassol, Cyprus, 26th September.	Designing & supporting teacher professional development to improve valued student outcomes [PDF 668KB] (This paper discusses the ways in which teacher professional development could be developed in order to positively influence student outcomes for diverse students.)
It's Time for a New Learning Agenda in Policy, Research and Practice in Education: Making a Bigger Difference in Desired Educational Outcomes for Diverse Learners through Collaborative Cultures of Inquiry and Development	31st Conference of the Pacific Circle Consortium: 'Education in a Pacific Circle Context: Educational Outcomes for the Twenty-first Century', 25-29 June 2007, Hawaii. The Pacific Circle Consortium.	Pacific Circle Consortium [PDF 306KB] Pacific Circle Consortium [MS Word 173KB]
Iterative Best Evidence Synthesis: Strengthening Research, Policy and Practice Links to Improve Outcomes	4th Annual Policy Conference: Policy Evolution 29 March, 2006	Research, Policy & Practice [PDF 476KB] Research, Policy & Practice [MS Word 337KB]
Collaborating across Policy, Research and Practice: Knowledge Building for Sustainable Educational Development	OECD/Netherlands Evidence Based Policy Research Conference Linking Evidence to Practice The Hague, September 14-15, 2005	Collaborating Across Policy [PDF 387KB] Collaborating Across Policy [MS Word 214KB]
Quality Teaching: How an Evidence-Based Approach Can Help	Australian Curriculum Studies Association, Melbourne, 24 May 2005	Quality Teaching [PDF 530KB] Quality Teaching [MS Word 564kb]
A Collaborative Knowledge Building Strategy To Improve Educational Policy and Practice: Work in Progress in the Ministry of Education's Iterative Best Evidence Synthesis Programme	New Zealand Association for Research in Education, National Conference, Wellington, November 25, 2004	Knowledge Building Strategy [PDF 317KB] Knowledge Building Strategy[MS Word 173KB]
Improving Education Policy and Practice through an Iterative Best Evidence Synthesis Programme	OECD-US Seminar, Evidenced-Based Policy Research, Washington DC, April 19-20, 2004	Education Policy & Practice [PDF 270KB] Education Policy & Practice [MS Word 104KB]

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