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Intermediation of research results for educational improvement: strategies used by Educational Technical Assistance institutions in the Metropolitan Region of Chile

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No. 15 (2025): Julio-diciembre
https://doi.org/10.5354/2452-5014.2025.80300
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This article is framed within context of growing interest in the brokering of research results as a tool to strengthen the connection between research and educational practice. The objective is to map the Educational Technical Assistance (ATE) institutions that carry out intermediation actions for educational improvement, and to identify the strategies they claim to use. A review of the websites of the 543 ATE operating in Chile (Región Metropolitana) was carried out. The results show that less than 10% of the institutions carry out intermediation of research results. The strategies most frequently used by the institutions that report intermediation focus on the incorporation of research results into products and services. The least used are those that build the capacity of educational institutions to understand and question research results. According to the type of strategies used, 4 groups are identified: 1) intermediaries focused on the dissemination of research results; 2) intermediaries focused on the incorporation of research results into products and services; 3) intermediaries that foster connection; and 4) complete intermediaries. The contribution of this article is to provide information on the ATE ecosystem and its potential as knowledge brokers.

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knowledge brokering , evidence informed practice , teacher professional development , teacher agency , educational improvement
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Caro Rojas, D. I. ., & Díaz Vicario, A. . (2025). Intermediation of research results for educational improvement: strategies used by Educational Technical Assistance institutions in the Metropolitan Region of Chile. Revista Saberes Educativos, (15), 1–27. https://doi.org/10.5354/2452-5014.2025.80300
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Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades
Universidad de Chile
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