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| Autor/in | Kuncl, Ralph W. |
|---|---|
| Titel | Federal Underinvestment in Education Research |
| Quelle | In: Academe, 90 (2004) 4, S.44-50 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
| ISSN | 0190-2946 |
| Schlagwörter | Stellungnahme; Research and Development; Federal Government; Educational Research; Research Methodology; Educational Change; Financial Support; Teaching Methods; Learning Processes |
| Abstract | America is a knowledge-based society. But the knowledge business has a problem. It does not know enough. When General Electric or Microsoft has a problem, it spends several percent of its revenues--perhaps billions of dollars--on research and development. It does so despite enormous demands on the resources that drive its profits. Historically, as a society, the United States has pumped about 5 to 10 percent of total federal expenditures for defense and health into research and development--in spite of serious pressures to fund the delivery of national defense and health care. It is a great irony that education, a field that values new knowledge so much, lags severely behind in the proportion of outlays devoted to research. Why invest in education research? Put simply, there are vast areas of ignorance in education. A small sampling of research questions applicable to all educational settings includes: (1) How do students learn best? By experience? By drill? In play or sport? (2) What's the optimal class size (especially in K-12 education)? (3) How does ethnic diversity enhance learning, and what evidence shows that it does? (4) How do we achieve fewer dropouts? (5) What techniques work best for retention of knowledge? (6) How can basic cognitive science be translated into the classroom? The conclusion the data suggest is woefully obvious: America under-supports research on education. It is short changed compared not only with business, but also with public spending on health and defense. Education is not, however, so different from health and defense. All three enterprises involve massive amounts of services and huge personnel costs and occupy an essential, high place in the panoply of human needs in a democratic society. (ERIC). |
| Anmerkungen | American Association of University Professors, 1012 Fourteenth Street, NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20005-3465. Tel: 202-737-5900; Fax: 202-737-5526; e-mail: academe@aaup.org. |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
| Update | 2017/4/10 |
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