Month: October 2025

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Resources for Research-Practice Partnerships

  • Friesen, S. & Brown, B. (2023). Engaging in educational research-practice partnerships: Guided strategies and applied case studies for scholars in the field. Routledge.

Note: This is a 10-chapter book based on a decade of research projects and design-based professional learning initiatives.

https://www.routledge.com/Engaging-in-Educational-Research-Practice-Partnerships-Guided-Strategies-and-Applied-Case-Studies-for-Scholars-in-the-Field/Friesen-Brown/p/book/9781032135151

Open Access Articles:

  • Brown, B. (2021). Research-practice partnerships in education: Benefits for researchers and practitioners. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 64(4). 421-441. https://doi.org/10.11575/ajer.v67i4.70073  
  • Brown, B., Friesen, S., Mosher, R., Chu, M-W., & Linton, K. (2021). Adapting to a design-based professional learning intervention. Educational Design Research (EdER), 5(2), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.15460/eder.5.2.1658
  • Friesen, S. & Brown, B. (2021). Advancing knowledge creation in education through tripartite partnerships. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 47(4). https://doi.org/10.21432/cjlt28052
  • Hamilton, S., Braunberger, D., & Brown, B. (2022). Conceptualizing a foundation to lead a school–university research partnership. International Journal of Leadership in Learning, 22(1), 340-363. https://doi.org/10.29173/ijll14
  • Holden, M., McDermott, M., Brown, B. & Friesen, S. (2022). What is it like to do community-engaged research? Lessons learned from university researchers’ perspectives. Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, 15(1), 1-19.https://doi.org/10.54656/jces.v15i1.444
  • Pearce, A., Anholt, M., Markides, J., Darlington, M., Brown, B., & Roy, S. (2024). Breaking down silos: Postsecondary leaders collaborating to advance One Health in education. International Journal for Leadership in Learning, 24(1), 103–127. https://doi.org/10.29173/ijll46 

Guides/Working Documents: to guide discussions with K-12 and post-secondary research partners

Knowledge Mobilization Examples

  • Research Brief Example

Brown, B. & Egizii, R. (2019). Research-Practice Partnerships in Alberta: Research Brief. Report prepared for Alberta Education. (6 pages) https://prism.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/110743

  • Infographic Example: developed for a partnership with the Calgary Police Interpretive Centre.

Thomas, C., White, C., Dewar, A., & Brown, B. (2023). Exploring the impact of YouthLink Calgary’s crime prevention program on youth. (Infographic) https://hdl.handle.net/1880/117310

  • OER Example: developed by practitioners and researchers who were part of an RPP.

Lott, C., Wong, L., Susnjar, M., Brown, B., Linton, L, Delanoy, N., Friesen, S., Koh, K., McInnes, C., Walz, J., *Nogueira, B. & *Chen, D. (2025). Five high-impact assessment practices: A starting guide for dialogue about assessment. Calgary: University of Calgary. (38 pages) https://hdl.handle.net/1880/122221

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Teacher Leadership

I’m excited to share a new special issue on Teacher Leadership in the International Journal of Education Policy & Leadership, which I had the privilege of co-editing with Dr. Sharon Friesen. This collection brings together eight articles that explore how teacher leaders influence school and system improvement across diverse educational contexts.

Authors highlight teacher leaders as influencers, and professionals who drive meaningful change, strengthening teaching, learning, and collaboration within their schools and beyond.

This special issue offers a rich view of how teacher leadership is involving in different global contexts and how teachers enact leadership in ways that shape professional learning cultures and educational innovation.

Read the full issue here – https://journals.sfu.ca/ijepl/index.php/ijepl/issue/view/255

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