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Critique and complexity: presenting a more effective way to conceptualise the knowledge adoption process

Critique and complexity: presenting a more effective way to conceptualise the knowledge adoption process
Critique and complexity: presenting a more effective way to conceptualise the knowledge adoption process

The process of 'knowledge adoption' is defined as the means through which policy-makers digest, accept then 'take on board' research findings. It is argued in Brown, however, that current models designed to explain knowledge adoption activity fail to fully account for the complexities that affect its operation. Within this paper, existing frameworks are explored and critiqued, and an alternative approach is presented. It is argued that this alternative conceptualisation provides a more effective explanation of the knowledge adoption process and significantly improves on extant work in this area.

evidence-informed policy, factors affecting knowledge adoption, knowledge adoption, models of knowledge adoption
1474-8460
32-45
Brown, Chris
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Brown, Chris
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Brown, Chris (2013) Critique and complexity: presenting a more effective way to conceptualise the knowledge adoption process. London Review of Education, 11 (1), 32-45. (doi:10.1080/14748460.2012.761818).

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The process of 'knowledge adoption' is defined as the means through which policy-makers digest, accept then 'take on board' research findings. It is argued in Brown, however, that current models designed to explain knowledge adoption activity fail to fully account for the complexities that affect its operation. Within this paper, existing frameworks are explored and critiqued, and an alternative approach is presented. It is argued that this alternative conceptualisation provides a more effective explanation of the knowledge adoption process and significantly improves on extant work in this area.

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Published date: 2013
Keywords: evidence-informed policy, factors affecting knowledge adoption, knowledge adoption, models of knowledge adoption

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Local EPrints ID: 494571
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/494571
ISSN: 1474-8460
PURE UUID: 3a82ddeb-b6d8-4551-bf87-45b1f3e83523
ORCID for Chris Brown: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9759-9624

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