What is it about?
Knowledge democracy can be applied to the field of educational research through strengthening the position of practitioner research. We examine this issue in relation to education research in the USA.
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Why is it important?
The gap between research and practice in education limits discussion of what works and hinders the development of a professional workforce in education.
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Although knowledge democracy, like democracy itself, is a challenging practice, acceptance of the experience and wisdom of educational practitioners and support for strengthening their capacity to conduct context-specific research as a part of their regular practice is an important step forward.
Lonnie Rowell
Social Publishers Foundation
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This page is a summary of: Challenging knowledge monopoly in education in the U.S. through democratizing knowledge production and dissemination, Educational Action Research, October 2018, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/09650792.2018.1534694.
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