The times they are a-changin: what can researchED offer in 2024?
FORUM - ISSN 0963-8253
Volume 66 Number 2 (2024)
The times they are a-changin: what can researchED offer in 2024?
Anonymous pages 23-29
DOI: 10.3898/forum.2024.66.2.04
Abstract
Initially launched in 2013, researchED claims to be a ‘grassroots’ organisation which
disseminates the best educational research to classroom practitioners. During the
last 10 years, it has played a pivotal role in cementing the ‘new science’ of educational
research as the primary route to educational effectiveness. ResearchED events are
popular with practitioners, enabling the organisation to be an effective element in the
Conservatives’ long-running project to remake compulsory education in England along
instrumentalist and technicist lines. However, recent events suggest that researchED
may struggle to offer solutions to the complex and interrelated problems that schools
have faced since the Covid-19 pandemic. This article highlights researchED’s political
significance, considers what the organisation offers today’s teachers, and suggests the
moment may be ripe for universities and other organisations involved in educational
research to offer teachers something better.
To cite this article
Anonymous (2024) The times they are a-changin: what can researchED offer in 2024?, FORUM, 66(2), 23-29. https://doi.org/10.3898/forum.2024.66.2.04