{"product_id":"healing-and-hacking-the-research-practice-divide-a-teachers-guide-to-educational-research","title":"Healing and Hacking the Research-Practice Divide: A Teacher's Guide to Educational Research","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eResearch should serve teachers—not the other way around.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMany teachers have experienced \"the research\" as something done to them rather than for them—findings handed down without context, mandates without mechanisms, tools that consume instructional time without improving it. \u003cem\u003eHealing and Hacking the Research–Practice Divide\u003c\/em\u003e argues that this situation isn't inevitable. Research can be powerful, humanizing, and liberatory—but only when it travels with humility, and only when teacher knowledge is recognized as evidence, too.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRachael Gabriel and Kate Roberts offer practical tools, actionable frameworks, and honest analysis of how research moves through schools—and where it breaks down. Learn to evaluate studies, recognize their limits, and build inquiry practices that genuinely center your students, your context, and your professional knowledge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis important guide offers tools teachers need to demystify research data and translate debate into informed practice. Inside you'll find:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA definition of what \"good\" research is, what it provides, and its realistic limits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePractical frameworks for evaluating research and integrating it into your teaching\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTools for understanding why the research–practice divide exists—and who benefits from keeping it in place\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eActionable resources for collective classroom inquiry\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe divide between research and practice isn't just a knowledge gap. It's a structural problem. This book gives you the language, the frameworks, and the confidence to name that gap, navigate it, and begin to heal it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"mb-3\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHAPTER 1: “What the research says . . .”: What Is Research Good for, and What Are Its Limits?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWhat is research anyway?\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eBut what does this have to do with me?\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eHow this book might serve you\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHAPTER 2: “Does anyone know the answer?”: The Wisdom Needed to Build Knowledge\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eDistinguishing between knowledge, information, and wisdom\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eHow to use research with integrity\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eWise research in practice\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHAPTER 3: “What can we do?”: Hacking the Research–Teaching Relationship\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eMore than a new meeting protocol, less than a revolution\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eHacking our way to a new reality\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eAccess, adaptability, and art: Hacker ethics and education\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eHacking a system can bring humanity to an inhumane environment\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHAPTER 4: “Is anyone listening?”: Hacking Two-Way Communication Between Research and Practice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eSee the system: A one-way flow of information from research to practice\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eReframe: Being in conversation with something (or someone) that isn’t there\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eCreate and innovate: Find your voice in the conversation\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eShare: Create and find the community you can\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eSummary: Be in conversation\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCHAPTER 5: “Yeah, but what are they saying?”: Hacking Language Barriers Between Research and 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