Evidence Informed Policy and Practice (EIPP) has emerged as an important concept. The availability and growing interest in evidence, alongside pressure for improved public services have made it a key component of the government's modernization agenda. It is relevant to all parts of the public sector, to education, and specifically, to educational leadership. Successful educational leadership is regarded as an essential factor in raising educational standards. In Developing Educational Leadership, the editors have drawn together key figures in the field of EIPP to introduce its role in informing educational leadership, with the aim of improving learning and teaching. The EIPP approach is considered, both for structuring research studies and for the analysis of the data generated. Relevant examples are also provided to inform the current debate.
Dr Lesley Anderson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Education at the UK's The Open University (OU). Her current responsibilities include chairing the only compulsory module in the Masters in Education programme, supervising and examining doctoral students and leading the educational leadership and management academic area within the Doctorate in Education (EdD) programme. Additionally, Lesley is involved in various research activities. In addition to the DelPHE project, current projects include the relationship between leadership and social inclusion and access to and other issues connected with higher level study by prisoners
Introduction - Lesley Anderson and Nigel Bennett PART ONE Evidence-Informed Policy and Practice in Teaching and Learning - Charles Desforges A Government Strategy for Research and Development in Education - Judy Sebba Systematic Reviews - Philip Davies How are They Different from What We Already Do? Practical Systems Sysematic Reviews of Research to Inform Policy and Practice in Education - James Thomas and Angela Harden Developing Evidence-Informed Policy and Practice in Educational Leadership and Management - Rosalind Leva[ce]cic and Ron Glatter A Way Forward PART TWO Foul Is Fair and Fair Is Foul - Les Bell, Ray Bolam and Leela Cubillo Conducting a Systematic Review of an Aspect of Educational Leadership and Management Research and Evidence-Based Practice - Philippa Cordingley Focusing on Practice and Practitioners Practitioner Research in Educational Leadership and Management - Marianne Coleman Support and Impact Evidence-Informed Policy and Practice in the Learning and Skills Sector - Jacky Lumby Valuable Insights or Further Distractions? - Chris Dark Using Evidence-Informed Policy and Practice to Determine School-Based Decisions and Actions Leading to Improve - Will Wale EIPP at a Personal Level Leadership Studies in Education - Peter Ribbins and Helen Gunter Maps for EPPI Reviews?
`This is a very worthwhile book with, unusually, something for different dispositions. Reading it is like attending a research conference; an activity restricted to a fortunate few. For those who have never attended one, put this on your bookshelf! I would recommend that it takes a prominent place on reading lists for masters courses in educational leadership' - Mervyn Flecknoe, Leeds Metropolitain University
