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Measuring the effectiveness of knowledge creation activity as a means to facilitate evidence-informed practice: a study of early years settings in Camden, London

Measuring the effectiveness of knowledge creation activity as a means to facilitate evidence-informed practice: a study of early years settings in Camden, London
Measuring the effectiveness of knowledge creation activity as a means to facilitate evidence-informed practice: a study of early years settings in Camden, London

This paper has two key aims. First, it examines the authors' attempts to use knowledge creation activity as a way of developing evidence-informed practice amongst a learning community of 36 early years practitioners in Camden, London. Second, it illustrates how the authors approached the idea of measuring evidence use and our engagement with two separate measurement scales; the trustworthiness of which are subsequently tested in interviews and observation data. Our findings are encouraging, suggesting that knowledge creation activity provides an effective way of communicating research; also, that our measurement scales provide meaningful ways to ascertain levels of expertise in evidence use.

Evidence-informed practice, Expertise in evidence use, Measures of evidence-informed practice, Measuring evidence use
1744-2648
189-207
Brown, Chris
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Rogers, Sue
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Brown, Chris
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Rogers, Sue
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Brown, Chris and Rogers, Sue (2015) Measuring the effectiveness of knowledge creation activity as a means to facilitate evidence-informed practice: a study of early years settings in Camden, London. Evidence and Policy, 11 (2), 189-207. (doi:10.1332/174426414X14175432147396).

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This paper has two key aims. First, it examines the authors' attempts to use knowledge creation activity as a way of developing evidence-informed practice amongst a learning community of 36 early years practitioners in Camden, London. Second, it illustrates how the authors approached the idea of measuring evidence use and our engagement with two separate measurement scales; the trustworthiness of which are subsequently tested in interviews and observation data. Our findings are encouraging, suggesting that knowledge creation activity provides an effective way of communicating research; also, that our measurement scales provide meaningful ways to ascertain levels of expertise in evidence use.

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Published date: 1 May 2015
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: © Policy Press 2015.
Keywords: Evidence-informed practice, Expertise in evidence use, Measures of evidence-informed practice, Measuring evidence use

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Local EPrints ID: 494170
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/494170
ISSN: 1744-2648
PURE UUID: 020e1feb-b775-4d5d-9099-4b6757629354
ORCID for Chris Brown: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9759-9624

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Date deposited: 26 Sep 2024 16:48
Last modified: 01 Oct 2024 02:11

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Author: Chris Brown ORCID iD
Author: Sue Rogers

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