{"id":8603,"date":"2020-11-16T12:11:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T12:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edumodowp.demo.dev\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=3663"},"modified":"2026-10-15T17:32:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T09:32:39","slug":"spotlight-on-what-works-lecture1","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/dlcre.usj.edu.mo\/en\/training-support\/events\/spotlight-on-what-works-lecture1\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Lecture: &#8220;A Spotlight on &#8216;What Works&#8217; in Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lecture 1: <strong>Randomized controlled trials in educational research and practice<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Seeking to improve schooling through research on \u2018what works\u2019 is positive. This lecture argues that the \u2018what works\u2019 agenda in schooling is problematic, and the research base on which it draws, which is almost exclusively randomized controlled trials, is questionable. The lecture raises challenges for the \u2018what works\u2019 agenda, and alerts educationists to limitations of randomized controlled trials in education. Whilst a case is made for randomized controlled trials in education, the promise of what they can \u2018deliver\u2019 is not as strong as their advocates suggest, and reasons for this are given.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Speaker:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/usj.hogodigital.com\/en\/about\/people\/keith-morrison\/\">Keith Morrison<\/a> is the author of 18 books on education, including: Taming Randomized Controlled Trials in Education; Research Methods in Education; Causation in Educational Research; and A Guide to Teaching Practice. He is the Co-editor of the international journal Educational Research and Publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Details<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Date: <\/strong>Thur, 5 November, 2020<br><strong>Time:<\/strong>\u00a06:30 p.m. \u2013 7:30 p.m.<br><strong>Location:<\/strong>\u00a0Don Bosco Auditorium, University of Saint Joseph<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organised by: Domingos Lam Centre For Research in Education<br>Moderated by: Prof. Ana Correia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Online Access<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Join Zoom Meeting:<br><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/j\/91720783057?pwd=MmlUZHZoQ3c5U2RYVXZBTVJ4Vy9mZz09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/zoom.us\/j\/91720783057?pwd=MmlUZHZoQ3c5U2RYVXZBTVJ4Vy9mZz09<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meeting ID:<\/strong>&nbsp;917 2078 3057<br><strong>Passcode:<\/strong>&nbsp;696985<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lecture 1: Randomized controlled trials in educational research and practice<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13279,"parent":0,"menu_order":-1,"template":"","acf":{"projects":"","date":{"start":"05\/11\/2020","end":""},"time":{"allDay":false,"start":"6:30 pm","end":"7:30 pm"},"blocks":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlcre.usj.edu.mo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events\/8603"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlcre.usj.edu.mo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlcre.usj.edu.mo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dlcre.usj.edu.mo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dlcre.usj.edu.mo\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}