Scottish education system: knowledge utilisation study

A report on a study exploring how Scottish educational practitioners engage with research and the factors that support and hinder ability to make best of use of research evidence.


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Kevin Lowden; Stuart Hall; Angela Bravo; Craig Orr and Chris Chapman

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