Living in a 2.2 world: from mapping to strategic capacity building for Australian educational research (original) (raw)

2013, The Australian Educational Researcher

The results of Australia's first national research assessment, excellence for research in Australia, provoked considerable discussion about the state of educational research in Australia. Understanding the nature of this field of research became the focus for empirical research and analysis that was intended to inform strategic planning. This paper provides an overview of the articles in this special issue, bringing together research on Australian educational research and insights from international researchers who research the effects of research assessment in educational research in their own countries. These sources inform a commentary on Australian educational research and suggest an agenda for further action on strategic capacity building for Australian educational research. Keywords Educational research Á ERA Á Research assessment Á Collaboration Á Research leadership Á Strategic capacity building Early in 2011, the Australian association for research in education (AARE) and the Australian council of deans of education (ACDE) established a joint working party to create a strategic plan for strengthening national research capacity in the field of education. The working party was established because the evaluation of research excellence in the field of education in the 2010 excellence in research for Australia (ERA) received a national rating of 2.2, below the 'world standard' of 3. The two organisations agreed to jointly fund a project on strategic capacity building for

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