This is a good discussion of the place of research in education. Benjamin Doxtdator takes Tom Bennett's researchED conference as a point of departure, noting that "Bennett's argument for evidence-based education has also largely been an argument to shore-up traditional practices in the face of new fads." It's not that we don't need a defense against fads. It's that we need a better defense. "Rather than carefully dissect errors in sociological studies of education, he (Bennett) takes incoherent pot shots," writes Doxtdator. The careful dissection is needed because it's not just fads that need to be criticized, but many of the assumptions inherent in traditional education and education research. This is a good intelligent read and the links (to Vince Ulam, to Nicki Lisa Cole, to Yong Zhao) are worth following.
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