Terry Wrigley
The power of ‘evidence’: Reliable science or a set of blunt tools?
Northumbria University
response increasing emphasis evidencebased teaching article examines privileging randomised controlled trials statistical synthesis metaanalysis also pays particular attention two thirdlevel statistical syntheses john hatties visible learning project eef teaching learning toolkit article examines technical shortcomings philosophical implications ideological effects approach evidence three levels various points article aspects critical realism referenced order highlight ontological epistemological shortcomings evidencebased teaching implicit empiricism given invocation medical field debate points critiques within field including need pay attention professional experience clinical diagnosis specific situations finally briefly locates appeal evidence within neoliberal policy framework