A new educational research organization is forming as a counterpart to AERA (the American Educational Research Association). I get the impression that the impetus for this is that too much of the current research on education has the flaw that it doesn't really care about cause and effect.
Since cause-and-effect are critical---because it's the only way to really find out what the critical factors are, I'm hoping for great things from this organization.
It's name is: Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness
This really isn't an issue with the formulation - rather how a nice turn of phrase can lead to laziness on the part of practitioners and trainers.
Posted by: crowdSPRING | Friday, 15 July 2011 at 01:02 PM
Action research can also be undertaken by larger organizations or institutions, assisted or guided by professional researchers, with the aim of improving their strategies, practices, and knowledge of the environments within which they practice.
Posted by: World Financial Group Company | Sunday, 31 July 2011 at 01:53 PM