Researching teaching: The problem of studying a system resistant to change

In this chapter, the authors describe some of the reasons teaching is so difficult to change, and some of the barriers this presents to rigorous designs and methods. They then offer a solution in the form of an alternative vision of educational research: a re-organized R & D system that supports teacher professional development and creates opportunities for ambitious educational research. This system would enlist the efforts of practitioners as well as researchers and would take advantage of emerging technologies.

Gallimore, R. & Santagata, R. (in press). Researching teaching: The problem of studying a system resistant to change. To appear in R R.  Bootzin & P. E. McKnight (Eds.). Measurement, Methodology, and  Evaluation: Festschrift in Honor of Lee Sechrest.Washington, D.C.: APA  Books. R. R. Bootzin & P. E. McKnight (Eds.) Measurement, Methodology, and Evaluation: Festschrift in Honor of Lee Sechrest. Washington, D.C.: APA Books.

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