{"id":180,"date":"2015-03-30T08:04:30","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T08:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/edsociety\/?p=180"},"modified":"2015-04-02T14:32:09","modified_gmt":"2015-04-02T14:32:09","slug":"does-anybody-read-what-education-researchers-write","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/edsociety\/2015\/03\/30\/does-anybody-read-what-education-researchers-write\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Anybody Read What Education Researchers Write?"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_181\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-181\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/edsociety\/files\/2015\/03\/image.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-181 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/edsociety\/files\/2015\/03\/image-300x192.png\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/edsociety\/files\/2015\/03\/image-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/edsociety\/files\/2015\/03\/image.png 391w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-181\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Education researchers do less than scholars\u00a0in other disciplines to seek out media coverage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Education researchers typically want their work to be read widely. To make a broader and more meaningful impact on the public and on educational practice they often desire media attention. But do the media report on education research, especially high quality research that has been subject to strenuous peer review?<\/p>\n<p>In new research, Holly Yettick of the <em>Education Week<\/em> Research Center describes how often news media cite evidence from education research that has undergone scientific peer review. She examined all news items that appeared during the first 6 months of 2010 in daily newspapers, online-only outlets, and <em>Education Week<\/em>. She also interviewed 33 writers who report on education for various news outlets.<\/p>\n<p>What she found will disappoint most education researchers. In contrast to science or medical journalists, education journalists virtually <em>never<\/em> refer to peer-reviewed education research; nor do they utilize media-related resources provided by organizations like the American Educational Research Association (AERA).\u00a0 She concludes that \u201cpeer-reviewed academic education research and the AERA organization are barely a blip on the radar of American education reporting.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Why is this true? Yettick argues that education researchers, especially those in universities, do far less than scholars in other disciplines to pro-actively seek out media coverage. She also notes that education research is relatively less well funded; tends to produce more complex results that defy concise explanation; is often perceived as largely subjective; and is scattered in more journals than in fields like medicine. She concludes with recommendations about how to improve this sad situation.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full article here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ucdenver.edu\/academics\/colleges\/SPA\/FacultyStaff\/Staff\/Pages\/Holly-Yettick.aspx\">Yettick, Holly<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/edr.sagepub.com\/content\/early\/2015\/02\/20\/0013189X15574903.full\">&#8220;One Small Droplet<span class=\"cit-sep cit-sep-after-article-title\">: <\/span><\/a><span class=\"cit-subtitle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/edr.sagepub.com\/content\/early\/2015\/02\/20\/0013189X15574903.full\">News Media Coverage of Peer-Reviewed and University-Based Education Research and Academic Expertise<\/a>,&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/edr.sagepub.com\/\"><em>Educational Researcher<\/em><\/a>, online March 3, 2015.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education researchers typically want their work to be read widely. 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