Pt. I. Concepts and issues -- 1. Research utilization : why it is important, why it is an issue, why it is difficult -- 2. What do we mean by informed policy making? -- 3. Why education policies are so difficult to inform -- Pt. II. Approaches to informing policy for education -- 4. Utilization as using precooked conclusions -- 5. Utilization stimulated by providing decision makers with data -- 6. Informing policy by constructing knowledge -- Pt. III. Case studies of use of information in policy making -- 7. The Etosha Conference in Namibia -- 8. Conducting an education sector assessment in Egypt -- 9. Conducting an education policy survey in Honduras -- 10. Conducting an education policy survey in Colombia -- 11. Conducting a participatory sector assessment in El Salvador -- 12. Policy dialogue as organizational learning in Paraguay -- Pt. IV. Fitting it all together -- 13. A model to inform policy with research-based knowledge
Notes
Bibliography: p191-199. _ Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-199) and index
