Publications
Publications
NEW Discussion Paper: Using research well as a system
This Discussion Paper examines how using research well can be supported at the system level.
Drawing on survey, interview, and co-design responses from Australian educators and system actors, it identifies six system enablers of using research well that cut across three different system levels – actions that support educators as individuals, schools as organisations, and system actors as leaders.
Educational resources
- Q Suites: Sets of resources and insights for educators
Our Q Suites showcase data findings from our surveys with 1,311 educators across Australia.
Professional publications
- What does it mean to use research well? Evidence and Policy Blog, 3 May 2023.
- Using research evidence well in practice: the format matters, Scan, Vol 42, Issue 1 (pg 13-19).
- Who cares about using education research in policy and practice? OECD (2022). Chapter 9 "Using research well in educational practice."
- From “finding time” to “investing time”: The importance of time and leadership for cultivating cultures of quality research use' The Australian Educational Leader (ACEL) 44 Issue 2, 2022.
- Improving quality use of research evidence in practice: Insights from cross-sector co-design
Monash Q project hosted two series of co-design workshops with teachers, school leaders, and other education stakeholders across five jurisdictions. This report shares participants' collective knowledge and expertise to identify ways to improve research use in Australian schools. - What, why, when and how: Australian educators' use of research in schools
This report shares educators' insights on research use in schools, drawing on quantitative findings from three Q Project surveys involving 1,725 Australian educators, including key considerations for leaders in relation to increasing and improving research use in educational practice. - Using Research Well in Australian Schools – Q Discussion Paper #2
This Discussion Paper offers a unique practitioner perspective on quality research use. It presents educators' views on using research well in terms of key characteristics and connections to the Quality Use of Research Evidence (QURE) Framework. - Collaborative teaching: sharing best practice, AITSL Collaborative Spotlight
- How and why educators use research and evidence: Insights from the Monash Q Project, ACEL Newsletter, Industry News, June 2021
- Quality Use of Research: Considerations from Ireland & Australia for Irish leaders engaged in SSE, Leadership+ The Professional Voice of School Leaders (Issue 118)
- Research and Evidence Use in Australian Schools – Survey, analysis and key findings
This Q Report draws on quantitative finding from the Q Project’s first survey of educators. The report is technical in nature, outlining all findings, as well as the research rationale, design and approach to gathering and analysing the survey data. - Using research evidence well in education, Learning Difficulties Australia Bulletin (LDA)
- Research and Evidence Use in Australian Schools - Early Insights from Educators
- "Towards Quality Use of Research Evidence In Education" Discussion Paper
Our Discussion Paper aims to stimulate debate about the process of working towards high-quality use of research evidence in Australian education. - Quality Use of Research Evidence Framework
We have developed a conceptual framework that defines and elaborates on what ‘quality use of research evidence’ might mean in education. - Towards quality use of evidence in education, The Australian Educational Leader (ACEL) 42 Issue 2, 2020.
- Understanding quality of evidence use, Research Intelligence (BERA) Issue 144, Autumn 2020.
- Quality leadership, quality research use: The role of school leaders in improving the use of research, Australian Education Leader (ACEL) 42 Issue 4, 2020.
- Using research well: A framework for understanding quality use of research evidence, William T Grant Foundation
Academic publications
- Quality use of research evidence: practitioner perspectives, Evidence & Policy, Volume 19, 2023 - Issue 3.
- School educators’ engagement with research: an Australian Rasch validation study, Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability (2023)
- School Educators’ Use of Research: Findings from Two Large-Scale Australian Studies, Research Papers in Education
- Reflections on conducting rapid reviews of educational research Educational Research, Volume 64, 2022 - Issue 4.
- A framework for understanding the quality of evidence use in education, Educational Research Volume 64, 2022 - Issue 2
- Evidence-Informed Practice in Australian Education, The Emerald Handbook of Evidence-Informed Practice in Education, Edited by Chris Brown and Joel R. Malin, 2022
- Beyond effective approaches: A rapid review response to designing professional learning, Professional Development in Education, Volume 47, Issue 5 (2021)
- Insights from a cross-sector review on how to conceptualise the quality of use of research evidence, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Springer Nature
- Using research evidence to improve practice, in Building Better Schools with Evidence-based Policy, Edited by Kelly-Ann Allen, Andrea Reupert, Lindsay Oades
- The relational features of evidence use, Cambridge Journal of Education
- Towards a better understanding of quality of evidence use, in Getting Evidence into Education, Edited by Stephen Gorard
- Challenges and opportunities of evidence use in Australian children’s development programs, Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work
Presentations
- Harnessing research to support improvement: Stories of impact from Schools and Systems
Q Project Monash Public Panel Session (19th October 2023) - EIS: Evidence & Implementation Summit 2023
Quality use of research in Australian schools and systems (8th - 11th October 2023) - BERA Conference 2023
Professor Lucas Walsh and Dr. Jo Gleeson on "Identifying research that matters for educational effectiveness and improvement." (12th - 14th September 2023) - International Conference on Public Policy (ICPP6)
Professor Lucas Walsh and Dr. Jo Gleeson presented "Evidence Use in Schools and Policy Systems: Disjunctures, Shared Challenges and Opportunities." (June 27 to 29, 2023) - AISNSW Research in Schools Showcase 2023
Dr. Jo Gleeson presented and was a guest panelist (May 2023) - Victorian Assoc. of State Secondary Principals State Committee
Associate Professor Mark Rickinson on “Using research well to drive school Improvement." (Feb. and August 2023) - AARE Conference 2022
Dr. Joanne Gleeson and Blake Cutler "A continuum model of quality collaborative research use" (27th November - 1 December 2022) - ResearchED Conference 2022
Dr. Joanne Gleeson presented on "Education evidence, what works in classrooms, and research-literacy" (22nd October 2022) - AISNSW Education Research Symposium 2022
"Leading Evidence-Informed Practice" (20th - 21st October 2022) - Transforming Evidence Network (TEN) Conference
"Making, Mobilizing, and Using Evidence in Policy and Practice" (3rd - 5th October 2022) - Embedding quality use of research within education systems
Q Project Monash Public Panel Session (12th October 2022) - 2022 ACEL Patron's Oration
Associate Professor Mark Rickinson's panel presentation on "Using research well in education - what we know and why it matters for leaders?" (3rd August 2022) - ACEL and Q Project Webinar Series
Australian educators' use research in schools (26th July 2022)
Using evidence well as educators and leaders (25th October 2022) - 2022 Education State Principals' Conference VIC
Q Project team presented theory & practice sessions on "Using evidence well as leaders." (16th May, 2022) - Leading and enabling quality use of research in schools
Q Project Monash Public Panel Session (20 October, 2021) - ACEL Online Conference 2021
Joanne Gleeson & Penny De Waele presented "Educators' collaborative use of research to improve practice,"
(29th - 30th September 2021) - Exploring GEMS - Evidence for Learning Webinar
Mark Rickinson and Jo Gleeson panel guests "Insights on using research evidence in schools" (31st August 2021) - Evidence and Implementation Summit 2021
Lucas Walsh and Connie Cirkony presented "What does it mean to use evidence well?" Discussion Event 13, #298
Mark Rickinson and Jo Gleeson presented "Panel 8 - Contextual Relevance"
(March 30th – 31st 2021) - BNU-Durham-Monash Joint Online Conference
Mark Rickinson and Jo Gleeson presented "Collaboration for Quality Use of Research in Education" (22nd February 2021) - Contemporary Approaches to Research in Mathematics, Science, Health & Environmental Education Symposium (CAR)
Connie Cirkony presenting "A Systematic approach to making sense of cross-disciplinary research evidence" (23rd November 2020) - EIS Virtual Series Webinars (Webinar 6)
Mark Rickinson presented "What does it mean to use research evidence well in education?" (26th October 2020) - Quality Use of Research Evidence in Schools after COVID-19
Q Project Monash Webinar (16th September 2020) - AARE 2020 Webinar Event: Schools Using Research
Mark Rickinson presented “Engaging with Research in Schools” (16th September 2020) - William T Grant Foundation Forum
Mark Rickinson and Connie Cirkony presented "Quality of research use - early ideas from the Q Project" (26th March 2019) - Monash Learning and Teaching Conference
Mark Rickinson presented "Towards quality use of evidence" (5th June 2019) - Research Forum Seminar: QLD Department of Education
Mark Rickinson and Lucas Walsh presented "Towards Quality Use of Evidence in Schools" (23rd July 2019) - AARE Schools and Education Systems SIG seminar
Mark Rickinson presented "National Evidence Institute: Some initial ideas" (25th July 2019)
Interviews
- Radio: 3CR, Research-informed teaching (Mark Rickinson)
- Radio: JOY FM, The key qualities teachers of today need to effectively connect with students (Jo Gleeson)
- Radio: 3AW Ross and Russell show on Q Project research findings (Jo Gleeson)
- Radio: 3MDR 97.1FM Classically Saturday on The Q Project (Jo Gleeson)
- Podcast: Change: The Relationship of Education to Uncertainty in Change One Thing, Ep 13 (Lucas Walsh)
- Podcast: TER podcast on The Q Project (Mark Rickinson, Lucas Walsh, and Jo Gleeson)
- Podcast: CPD Portal Edcast - Challenging Thinking Podcast, the Q Project (Jo Gleeson)
- Radio: 2NM on the Q Project (Lucas Walsh)