SAGE Journal Articles
SAGE Journal Articles combine cutting-edge academic journal scholarship with the topics in your course for a robust classroom experience.
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Article 1: Van Velzen, J. H. (2013). Educational researchers and practicality. American Educational Research Journal, 50(4), 789-811.
Summary: In this article, an attempt to identify further directions in research designs that researchers can use to contribute to the relevance of educational research findings, by including teachers’ practicality issues, is presented. The results suggest that the teachers’ practicality issues, which included mainly (a) students’ long-term achievement results, (b) the utility of the teaching method, (c) student experiences, and (d) comparison with other teaching methods, can point to a research program that includes teachers’ practicality issues.
Questions to Consider:
1. What are practicality issues?
2. Identify the author’s three main research questions.
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Article 2: Dolby, N., & Rahman, A. (2008). Research in international education. Review of Educational Research, 78(3), 676-726.
Summary: In this article, the authors identify, describe, and analyze six distinct research approaches to international education. Within each approach, the authors discuss the historical context and the global political, economic, social, and cultural shifts that have shaped the research approach; map the major research trajectories that have developed; discuss the audience and research community; and analyze strengths and weaknesses. The authors conclude with a discussion of emergent trends within research in international education.
Questions to Consider:
1. Identify the six different approaches in the authors study.
2. What is the worlds model theory and how does it apply to educational research?
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Article 3: Hardy, I., Heimans, S., & Lingard, B. (2011). Journal Rankings: positioning the field of educational research and educational academics. Power and Education, 3(1), 4-17.
Summary: This article explores the way in which journal ranking processes in education impact upon the field of education and educational researchers. The article draws upon the recent moves to rank order journals in academic disciplines/domains of research in Australia through the introduction of the ERA – Excellence in Research for Australia – as a means of evaluating academic work.
Questions to Consider:
1. What does the author’s research suggest in regards to the field of educational research?
2. How are academic work and productivity linked?