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Communicating Research Findings

Communicating Research Findings
Mark Rickinson

Introduction

This chapter focuses on communicating research findings, the part of the research process where research outcomes and outputs are made public. It considers why research communication matters, and why there are increasing calls for improved research communication within and beyond education. It proposes that responses to such calls need to start with how research communication is conceptualised, before considering what techniques and tools can make it more effective. It argues that certain understandings of research communication are more conducive to productive communication strategies than others. In particular, ones that see the research communication process as: integral rather than separate from research; involving indirect rather than direct connection; about engagement and learning rather than ...

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