The Role of Knowledge Brokers in Education Connecting the Dots Between Research and Practice

Acknowledgements  About the editors  About the contributors  (Introductory Chapter - 1) - Joining Worlds: Knowledge Mobilization and Evidence-Informed Practice  (Chapter 2) -Educational Brokerage and Knowledge Mobilization in the United States: Who, What, Why, How?  (Chapter 3) - Push and Pull on Twitter: How School Leaders Use Twitter for Knowledge Brokering  (Chapter 4) - Evidence for the Frontline: More Questions than Answers  (Chapter 5) - Fostering Improved Connections Between Research, Policy and Practice: The Knowledge Network for Applied Education Research  (Chapter 6) - Avenues of Influence: An Exploration of School-Based Practitioners as Knowledge Brokers and Mobilizers  (Chapter 7) - Knowledge Brokering: "Not a Place for Novices of New Conscripts"  (Chapter 8) - What is the Research Brokerage Role that can be Played by Social Relationships? Learning from a Quantitative Study from England  (Chapter 9) - Building Student Teachers' Capacity to Engage with Research  (Chapter 10) - Cooperation between Research, Practice and Administration as a Knowledge Transfer Strategy? Insights from a School Development Project involving Schools in Socially Disadvantaged Areas in Germany  (Chapter 11) - The Role of Brokers in Sustaining Partnership Work in Education  (Chapter 12) - Using frameworks and models to support knowledge mobilization  (Culminating/Moving Forward - Chapter 13) - Conclusion: The Future of Research Use?