TY - JOUR
T1 - Research evidence, policy and practice
T2 - reflections on the Ofsted research review on science
AU - Leach, John
N1 - John Leach is Professor of Education and Dean of the Institute of Childhood and Education at Leeds Trinity University. He has worked in science education research for over 30 years, and has been a senior manager in 3 English universities.
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - The first of Ofsted’s research reviews focused on science education. It is broad in scope including content on school systems, the science curriculum, teaching, learning, assessment, and materials – with implications for practice. However, the review’s scope doesn’t provide much detail of the research on which it is based. I agree with many of the implications for practice which reflect directions of travel in the curriculum and pedagogy over the last 20 years or so. However, there will be tensions in implementing the findings given the climate of prioritising ideology over evidence in setting the conditions for teachers’ practice in schools.
AB - The first of Ofsted’s research reviews focused on science education. It is broad in scope including content on school systems, the science curriculum, teaching, learning, assessment, and materials – with implications for practice. However, the review’s scope doesn’t provide much detail of the research on which it is based. I agree with many of the implications for practice which reflect directions of travel in the curriculum and pedagogy over the last 20 years or so. However, there will be tensions in implementing the findings given the climate of prioritising ideology over evidence in setting the conditions for teachers’ practice in schools.
KW - Ofsted research review, Evidence, Policy, Practice
M3 - Article
SN - 0036-6811
SP - 67
EP - 72
JO - School Science Review
JF - School Science Review
IS - 382
ER -