Educational Research and Evidence-based Practice (Published in association with The Open University) Paperback – 18 Jun. 2007

I read this book for my Masters degree in education and it was extremely informative. Its written in a straight-forward language that you can understand and leads to lots of suggestions for further reading on the subject. There isn't a lot about, on evidence-based practice for education. A lot of sources focus on the medical professional. This was a brilliant source of advice for my study. Well recommended and covers so much.

This is a good book which begins by highlighting the differing views of high profile educational theorists as to the value of educational research and what its purpose should be. Public spats of this nature are not isolated to social science; natural science has advanced through constant reappraisal of beliefs and understanding. Hooke’s importance to natural science advancement has almost been reduced to a single theory, Hooke’s spring law, his life was committed to natural science understanding in many fields, but he was considered awkward and boastful by his fellow Royal Society colleagues and his research and development was subsequently forgotten. It is good to disagree and be forced to argue your case, without the expectation that what you say is fundamental and should be accepted conditionally. Chapters 15-17 seem out of place, when reading the book as reference, but could be justified if used as a text book to discuss the research approach used by the authors.