2025/07/28 by Ignacio Atal, Nathanaël Jeune, Carole Gabard +2 · 1 voice
Business, Management and Accounting · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Animal and Plant Science Education #Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development #Online and Blended Learning
paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/13664530.2025.2523359
openalex publication_date 2025/07/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
Every day, millions of educators test new practices. If a small proportion of them published their locally produced practice-based evidence in a structured manner, this could become a promising knowledge base for educators. The authors developed a citizen science project to promote the publication of educator-led research in France. They trained volunteers to create communities of educators and to facilitate workshops. During workshops, community members followed a common research methodology to produce contextualised evidence on the capacity of shared actions to address shared challenges. A collaborative platform helped educators produce, peer-review and publish their research. In 2020–21, 168 educators from primary to higher education joined 10 communities and initiated 60 research projects. The results suggest that: i) Using research methods can improve the quality of practice-based evidence; ii) Using a common methodology and platform can support educators from different contexts addressing shared challenges; and iii) Community-based recruitment can help with engaging educators.