Sentences with phrase «in usable knowledge»

It will help you better capitalize on your experience to ensure you do not end up a 20 - year veteran with many years under your belt, but lacking in usable knowledge.

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Whenever Usable Knowledge came up in a faculty meeting, he would chime in, and people would know that here is this world - renowned, respected senior faculty member — that makes a difference in terms of people's willingness to participate.

When Usable Knowledge launched in September — with a handful of stories focused on the Common Core, how teachers can make caring more common, and the best strategies to expand high - quality early education, among others — we had no idea what the response might be.

Below, excerpts from a conversation we convened in his honor, featuring the two other founders of Usable Knowledge, Senior Lecturer Joe Blatt and Associate Dean Keith Collar.

Blatt: Kurt really is committed to knowledge making a difference in people's lives, and Usable Knowledge was one major exampleknowledge making a difference in people's lives, and Usable Knowledge was one major exampleKnowledge was one major example of that.

And then of course he also embodied that commitment personally, in the sense that some of our very first pieces that we created for Usable Knowledge were about mind / brain education, with Kurt being willing to step forward and talk about it in popular ways.

Among many other research, teaching, and mentoring activities, Fischer also helped to launch the original iteration of Usable Knowledge, in 2006.

As Bari Walsh's Usable Knowledge article makes clear, children of greater socioeconomic means typically access early education options that make kindergarten an easier step — which in turn gives them a significant advantage for years to come.

And wherever possible, we will conduct rapid - cycle research, where hypotheses are generated quickly, tested, and then refined in light of evidence — all with the goal of generating timely, usable knowledge.

As Usable Knowledge enters an exciting new year, we look back on the stories that captured your interest in 2014.

The Ed School's Usable Knowledge, in partnership with Digital Promise, a nonprofit authorized by Congress to spark innovation in education, launched a new series called Ask a Researcher that offers guidance to classroom dilemmas in the areas of literacy, math, and English language learning.

The book stems from a series of conferences held at HGSE that examined ways to link research in practice and create usable knowledge.

To find out more about the transition and what we can expect in the coming months, Usable Knowledge spoke with policy analyst Martin West, an associate professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and editor - in - chief of Education Next.

In their study, covered by Usable Knowledge, Dryden - Peterson and her fellow researchers analyzed 248 surveys of Somali refugees who had completed secondary school — half of whom had done so in a refugee camp — and conducted 21 in - depth interviews with Somali secondary school graduates in Dadaab campIn their study, covered by Usable Knowledge, Dryden - Peterson and her fellow researchers analyzed 248 surveys of Somali refugees who had completed secondary school — half of whom had done so in a refugee camp — and conducted 21 in - depth interviews with Somali secondary school graduates in Dadaab campin a refugee camp — and conducted 21 in - depth interviews with Somali secondary school graduates in Dadaab campin - depth interviews with Somali secondary school graduates in Dadaab campin Dadaab camps.

In other words, education researchers came to share usable knowledge.

Enter Usable Knowledge — a project that will take new ideas and innovative solutions generated by our faculty and our students and put them in the hands of teachers, principals, superintendents, policymakers, and others who can have a real impact on students, schools, and education more broadly.

The question of what it means to know something «has been on philosophers» minds for 2,000 years or so,» says Professor Paul Harris, one of three faculty members who gamely entered the fray in a conversation hosted by Usable Knowledge for its video roundtable series.

If approved, the proposal — called the Knowledge Utilization in Education Act — would provide yet - to - be-determined sums of money for grants designed both to whet and to feed educators» appetites for what experts in the field are calling «usable» educational research.

However, as Reimers warned in an interview for Usable Knowledge, «If individuals do not understand the global interdependencies that influence public affairs in every country, regarding trade for example, or environmental degradation, they are likely to make poor decisions as individual consumers, producers, or citizens.»

Teachers» new Catch - 22: Students Want to Talk Politics, but their Parents Don't (The Christian Science Monitor) Dean James Ryan comments on Usable Knowledge's new series, One and All, and its impact on navigating controversial topics and conversations in schools.

In advance of the seminar, Usable Knowledge asked him to...

Over the next few months, various pieces of the Usable Knowledge project will roll out, with the first phase — the website — officially launching in early September.

The groups represented at the expo included Alumni Relations, the Annual Fund, Career Services, the Field Experience Program, Gutman Library Research Services, Human Resources, the Achievement Gap Initiative, the Change Leadership Group, the Executive Leadership Program for Educators, Harvard Education Publishing Group, Harvard Family Research Project, the Office of School Partnerships, Programs in Professional Education, Project Zero, the Usable Knowledge website, and WIDE World.

In a conversation, Usable Knowledge asked Warikoo, a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, to talk about why students in the U.S. need to understand the historical roots of affirmative action and how colleges can become communities where students can talk about racial differencIn a conversation, Usable Knowledge asked Warikoo, a faculty member at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, to talk about why students in the U.S. need to understand the historical roots of affirmative action and how colleges can become communities where students can talk about racial differencin the U.S. need to understand the historical roots of affirmative action and how colleges can become communities where students can talk about racial difference.

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Usable Knowledge is designed with that critical time element in mind, providing a place for practitioners and policymakers to get information quickly, or to linger a bit longer when the occasion allows it.

In advance of the seminar, Usable Knowledge asked him to talk about designing — or re-creating — inspirational spaces for today's students and educators.

In a series aimed at closing the gap between research and practice, Usable Knowledge has partnered with Digital Promise on a project that collects questions from educators across the country and poses them to experts at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Usable Knowledge is a trusted source of insight into what works in education — translating new research into easy - to - use stories and strategies for teachers, parents, K - 12 leaders, higher ed professionals, and policymakers.

Fischer and Blatt offer other examples of the range and depth of information on the Usable Knowledge site: how school systems can become «data wise,» by using test results to improve instruction; why education leaders need to overcome the universal «immunity to change» in order to move their organizations forward; how «teaching for understanding» is driving innovative use of distance learning for professional development; and what new insights from research brought a truce to the «reading wars.»

The answers to those questions, developed in partnership with Usable Knowledge at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, can provide the first steps for using research to improve student learning.

In making this proposal, the RRSG emphasizes the need for research that (1) builds on previous research findings on reading comprehension, (2) contributes to better theories of reading development, and (3) produces knowledge that is usable in both classrooms and policymaking arenaIn making this proposal, the RRSG emphasizes the need for research that (1) builds on previous research findings on reading comprehension, (2) contributes to better theories of reading development, and (3) produces knowledge that is usable in both classrooms and policymaking arenain both classrooms and policymaking arenas.

«We want educators to look to the Harvard Graduate School of Education as their go - to place for leading research in the field,» adds Keith Collar, executive director of the Research, Innovation, and Outreach division of HGSE, and fellow Usable Knowledge project director.

Joe Blatt, lecturer in education at HGSE and one of the site project directors, elaborates on the goals for Usable Knowledge.

Findings from the National Center for Research in Policy and Practice (NCRPP) survey, and how it can help education leaders and researchers create more of an impact, are discussed in the following HGSE Usable Knowledge blog post....

As a specific response to the long - standing issues of «bullying, harassment, and discrimination» that have been exacerbated recently, Harvard's Usable Knowledge website launched «One and All,» says James Ryan, dean of the Harvard Graduate school of Education in Cambridge, Mass..

«Why It Matters» is a new Usable Knowledge video series where faculty reflect on how their work addresses the compelling questions and challenges in education.

Community in classrooms is designed to develop applicable knowledge usable beyond the four walls of education.

In past articles (here and here, for example), Usable Knowledge has explored the dynamics of talking about race in schools, especially in the aftermath of incidents of bias or traumIn past articles (here and here, for example), Usable Knowledge has explored the dynamics of talking about race in schools, especially in the aftermath of incidents of bias or traumin schools, especially in the aftermath of incidents of bias or traumin the aftermath of incidents of bias or trauma.

«Why It Matters» is a new Usable Knowledge video series where faculty reflect on how their work addresses the compelling questions and challenges in education.On July 23, 2015, The Usable Knowledge Webinar series will offer, Building a...

In this research story, featured on Usable Knowledge, the Ed School's research - to - practice site, the Zaentz faculty directors describe how the study will provide the knowledge we need to inform 21st - century teaching and Knowledge, the Ed School's research - to - practice site, the Zaentz faculty directors describe how the study will provide the knowledge we need to inform 21st - century teaching and knowledge we need to inform 21st - century teaching and learning.

Ellen Condliffe Lagemann, «Usable Knowledge in Education: A Memorandum for the Spencer Foundation Board of Directors», Spencer Foundation Web Site, 2002.

The genesis of Usable Knowledge developed from the principal belief that the research taking place at Harvard could achieve far greater impact if communicated and disseminated effectively to others working in the field of education, according to Ryan.

«Going program by program and — often at great expense — conducting large - scale evaluations involving multiple measures of teaching and learning has not, to date, resulted in an accretion of credible, usable knowledge within the professional development and practitioner community,» the researchers assert in a new Educational Researcher article.

The assumption that all data can be simplified into usable knowledge to change practice runs right up against the capacities of the teachers, principals, administrators, and education leaders to truly understand the nature and content of their specific practices, to understand the actual evidence provided, and to understand the data in the context of their practice.

At the time, I was too focused on the each of the four main characters and their dog, as I felt that the game provided adequate context for each usable object; however, the collectible items should appeal to historians, be they interested in learning more about World War I or testing their knowledge against Ubisoft's.

Transforming Climate Variability and Change Information for Cereal Crop Producers, is an integrated research and extension project working to improve farm resilience and profitability in the North Central Region by transforming existing climate information into usable knowledge for the agricultural community.

On any number of occasions (countless actually) you have made a repeated point (rant) of disparaging what the typical «newbie» brings to the real estate industry table in the way of usable, applicable, industry knowledge.