{"id":1494,"date":"2019-02-11T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T09:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/?p=1494"},"modified":"2022-09-20T11:17:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T10:17:42","slug":"professor-oancea-professor-of-philosophy-of-education-and-research-policy-at-the-university-of-oxfords-department-of-education-gave-a-thought-provoking-talk-as-part-of-the-institute-of-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/2019\/02\/11\/professor-oancea-professor-of-philosophy-of-education-and-research-policy-at-the-university-of-oxfords-department-of-education-gave-a-thought-provoking-talk-as-part-of-the-institute-of-education\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS – Professor Oancea (Professor of Philosophy of Education and Research Policy at the University of Oxford’s Department of Education) gave a thought-provoking talk as part of the Institute of Education\u2019s lunchtime research seminar series"},"content":{"rendered":"

The University of Reading\u2019s Institute of Education recently welcomed Professor Alis Oancea<\/strong><\/a> as a guest speaker in the Institute\u2019s lunchtime research seminar series. Professor Oancea is Professor of Philosophy of Education and Research Policy and Director of Research at the University of Oxford’s Department of Education.<\/p>\n

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Photo by Hongqin Zhang and Yang Zhang<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Her talk, titled \u2018Educational research as a form of practice\u2019<\/em>, explored the ethos of contestation surrounding educational research and its relationship with teaching practice. She argued that the emphasis on “bridging the gap” between research and practice (and between researchers and practitioners) in many efforts to reform teacher education may be based on a set of problematic assumptions, including:<\/p>\n