Sentences with phrase «of usable knowledge»

Personable computer expert with a selection of usable knowledge and the desire to acquire more.

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.

The first is what the authors call the «missing R and D (research and development) system» — the absence of usable knowledge about good teaching and the lack of intermediary organizations to get what knowledge there is into the hands of teachers.

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.

I encourage you to offer feedback on the resources, format, and focus of the Usable Knowledge website.

Within HGSE she has been a member of the Usable Knowledge team, the Librarian search committee, and a technology review.

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

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.

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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.

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.

People submitted proposals, and I wrote something I called Usable Knowledge that had some of the ideas that became the project.

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.

Usable Knowledge sat down with Haste to talk about new forms of civic participation, a new lens on democracy, and a new brand of civic education.

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.

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 camps.

See or download a longer (but still - evolving and highly idiosyncratic) version of this list: How to Make Knowledge Usable [PDF]

Usable Knowledge asked Mason — whose background includes 19 years as an elementary school principal — to talk about the challenges facing principals and the characteristics of effective leadership.

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.

To find out, Usable Knowledge turned to Senior Lecturer Katherine Boles and Vivian Troen, director of The Power of Teacher Learning — co-authors of The Power of Teacher Teams.

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.

«This effort is just one example of how usable knowledge emerges when researchers take urgent problems of practice seriously.»

But Usable Knowledge is more than just a collection of resources.

Dean Jim Ryan's Education Week blog: We Should Be Curious About Student Boredom A video of Ben Searle and IEP students teaching Professor Fernando Reimers how to play Ultimate Frisbee Film producer Joel Silver on helping to formalize and name Ultimate Frisbee Usable Knowledge: Fun and Brain Games Beyond Average, a profile of Todd Rose, Ed.M.»

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

His generous contributions to the Harvard Graduate School of Education led to the creation of WIDE World and helped support other efforts such as Project on the Next Generation of Teachers and Usable Knowledge.

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 difference.

Usable Knowledge provides smart, practical, and timely content highlighting the extraordinary research of HGSE faculty.

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As I've recently discovered, reading some of the stories on Usable Knowledge can be akin to reading WebMD; the more I learn, the more I think that one particular set of symptoms pertains to my own aches and pains.

Her announcement marks the completion of a tenure notable for major changes to the School's academic programs and administrative structure, significant progress toward a case - based core curriculum, many faculty appointments, an important initiative to create «usable knowledge,» and preparation for a potential campus move to Allston.

Over the past three years, Lagemann has continually emphasized the need for the School to focus on translating the findings of research into tools (texts, toys, tests, and the like) that teachers and learners themselves can use — usable knowledge.

[Professor] Bridget Terry Long, the Harvard Graduate School of Education academic dean and the chairwoman of the National Board for Education Sciences, IES» advisory board, noted that IES under Director John Q. Easton has required more partnerships between researchers and practitioners, and is launching a new center devoted to evaluating how well research is being translated into usable knowledge.»

Usable Knowledge is an online resource from the Harvard Graduate School of Education that aims to make education research and best practices accessible to educators, district and network leaders, policymakers, members of the media, nonprofit leaders, entrepreneurs, and parents.

One of Lagemann's most significant accomplishments at HGSE has been the creation of the «usable knowledge initiative,» which aims to counter a major problem facing schools of education, the difficulty of linking research to practice.

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

Like the content on the Usable Knowledge website, the webinars aim to offer practical tools and strategies, as well as to highlight solutions — emerging opportunities for leadership and new ways of thinking about enduring challenges.

Usable Knowledge is an online resource from the Harvard Graduate School of Education that aims to make education research and best practices accessible to educators, policymakers, members of the media, nonprofit leaders, entrepreneurs, and parents.

Get Usable Knowledge — Delivered Our free monthly newsletter sends you tips, tools, and ideas from research and practice leaders at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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.

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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.»

«We hope decision - makers from all levels of education and government will come to Usable Knowledge looking for insight on one question, and then come back regularly because they find the site provides interesting and applicable resources on many issues.