How School Leaders Search for and Use Evidence

Autor/inn/en	Fraser, Christie; Herman, Jayme; Elgie, Susan; Childs, Ruth A.
Titel	How School Leaders Search for and Use Evidence
Quelle	In: Educational Research, 60 (2018) 4, S.390-409 (20 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Fraser, Christie) ORCID (Childs, Ruth A.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1881
DOI	10.1080/00131881.2018.1533791
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Principals; Elementary Schools; Information Sources; Search Strategies; Decision Making; Information Utilization; Evidence; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Principal; Schulleiter; Elementary school; Grundschule; Volksschule; Information source; Informationsquelle; Suchstrategie; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Informationsnutzung; Evidenz; Kanada
Abstract	Background: Often, a principal's responsibilities include making decisions about the appropriateness of educational programmes to adopt in their school. Recommendations about programmes can be conflicting; so, a principal may need to search for evidence to inform their decision. Purpose: The purpose of this small-scale study was to clarify how school leaders search for, and use, evidence to inform programme adoption. We sought to answer three research questions: (1) how do principals search for evidence, (2) how do they use common sources and (3) what sources do they consider most useful? Sample: Twelve elementary school principals or vice-principals in Ontario, Canada participated in the study. Design and methods: In telephone interviews, the participants described how they would respond to a fictional decision-making scenario and rated different sources of evidence. Responses were analysed in depth, using a mixed-method approach, which involved coding principals' interview responses for themes and conducting a dual scaling analysis of their ratings of the usefulness of possible sources. Results: Principals report valuing formal sources of evidence such as reports and articles. However, in practise, findings indicated that they would turn to people first. Conclusions: School leaders prefer curated evidence from local educators to inform their decisions about the appropriateness of educational programmes for potential adoption. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01