You have arrived at the MirandaNet Education Innovation research exchange, a partnership between The MirandaNet Fellowship and research colleagues at the University of Bedfordshire. The aim of this think tank is to influence policy on educational innovation through evidence. Our findings can be used to guide the informed management of systemic changes in schools and teacher education that reflect the exponential changes in the ownership of knowledge throughout the world.
In this space we can share our research ideas, knowledge, methods and publications with any colleagues who are interested in our specialisms, who are looking for synergies and who want to challenge our theory and practice. Lively debate is welcome.
Here you will find summaries of relevant discussions by MirandaNet members from our internal debating forum called mirandalink; abstracts of articles and publications derived from our research project discussions conducted in the IDEA communities of practice website, as well as our publications. Researchers can publish summaries of their thesis, articles and papers here subject to peer review. Researchers can also apply for drafts of our work that has not been published yet or is restricted to our members only. You can join in our face to face and virtual meetings in knowledge creation at our regular MirandaMod unconferences. We welcome internship applications as well.
So far the Education Innovation team is establishing a research reputation for studies of: emergent theory and practice collaborative knowledge creation in communities of practice that we call Braided Learning. We also conduct research into the value of concept maps and critical incidents as a data collection tools. What would you like to add?
Professor Christina Preston, Professor of Educational Innovation, University of Bedfordshire and founder of MirandaNet Fellowship: christina@mirandanet.ac.uk