{"id":13034,"date":"2026-09-13T00:03:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-12T18:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/?p=13034"},"modified":"2026-09-13T00:03:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-12T18:33:35","slug":"from-research-evidence-to-educational-practice-a-qualitative-analysis-of-the-research-practice-gap-in-contemporary-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/index.php\/volume4-issue8\/from-research-evidence-to-educational-practice-a-qualitative-analysis-of-the-research-practice-gap-in-contemporary-education\/","title":{"rendered":"From Research Evidence to Educational Practice: A Qualitative Analysis of the Research\u2013Practice Gap in Contemporary Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\"><strong>Author: Dr. Pankaj Kumar Paul<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-luminous-vivid-orange-color has-text-color\"><strong>DOI Link:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.70798\/Bijmrd\/04080006\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.70798\/Bijmrd\/04080006<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong> Educational research is expected to generate evidence capable of improving teaching, learning, assessment, institutional management, and educational policy. Nevertheless, a persistent gap frequently exists between the production of research evidence and its translation into educational practice. This qualitative study examines the nature, causes, and consequences of the research\u2013practice gap in contemporary education and explores strategies for strengthening the connection between educational research and professional practice. A qualitative documentary research design was employed using scholarly literature, policy documents, and research on evidence-informed education, teacher inquiry, educational knowledge mobilization, and research utilization. The analysis was organized around four objectives: examining the significance of research evidence for educational practice; analysing the factors responsible for the research\u2013practice gap; identifying its consequences for teachers, institutions, and educational policy; and proposing strategies for strengthening research\u2013practice connections. The findings indicate that the gap is shaped by differences between academic research priorities and practitioners\u2019 immediate needs, limited accessibility of research findings, methodological complexity, inadequate research capacity among educators, insufficient institutional support, time constraints, and weak mechanisms for knowledge mobilization. The analysis further suggests that research evidence becomes more useful when teachers participate in inquiry, research findings are presented in accessible forms, institutions develop collaborative research cultures, and policymakers establish mechanisms for sustained evidence use. The study concludes that bridging the research\u2013practice gap requires a shift from a linear model of research dissemination towards a collaborative model in which researchers, teachers, institutions, policymakers, and communities jointly produce, interpret, and apply educational knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> Educational Research; Research\u2013Practice Gap; Evidence-Based Education; Knowledge Mobilization; Teacher Research; Educational Practice; Research Utilization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-1-color has-text-color\"><strong>Page No: 45-52<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-ast-global-color-6-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/bijmrd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/44-52.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">download journal<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: Dr. Pankaj Kumar Paul DOI Link: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.70798\/Bijmrd\/04080006 Abstract: Educational research is expected to generate evidence capable of improving teaching, learning, assessment, institutional management, and educational policy. Nevertheless, a persistent gap frequently exists between the production of research evidence and its translation into educational practice. 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