A Knowledge Base for the Teaching Profession: What Would It Look Like and How Can We Get One? (108 kb)

The authors suggest that to improve classroom teaching in a stead, lasting way, the teaching profession needs a knowledge base that grows and improves. They claim that in spite of the continuing effort of researchers, archived research knowledge has had little effect on the improvement of practice in the average classroom. The authors explore the possibility of building a useful knowledge base of teaching by beginning with practitioners’ knowledge. They outline key features of this knowledge and identify the requirements for it to be transformed into a professional knowledge base for teaching.

Hiebert, J., Gallimore, R., and Stigler, J.W. (2002) A knowledge base for the teaching profession: What would it look like, and how can we get one? Educational Researcher, June/July, 3-15.

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