Malin, Joel RBrown, C.2020-01-142020-01-14Malin, J. R. & Brown, C. (2020). Joining worlds: Knowledge mobilization and evidence-informed practice. In J. R. Malin and C. Brown (Eds.), The role of knowledge brokers in education: Connecting the dots between research and practice (pp. 1-12). New York, NY: Routledge.http://hdl.handle.net/2374.MIA/6577In this volume’s opening chapter, Joining Worlds: Knowledge Mobilization and Evidence-Informed Practice, chapter authors and book editors Joel Malin and Chris Brown provide relevant background and describe the purpose of the volume. It includes a definition of evidence-informed practice (EIP) and outlines challenges and benefits of making EIP a reality in schools and school systems. It also argues that brokerage is a necessary and high-leverage strategy for doing so. Several additional key terms are defined and explained, and the book’s conceptual framework is introduced – it sets out three key roles for brokers and draws attention to several key dimensions along which they vary. The book then provides a preview of the book’s remaining contents.Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United Stateshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/Book Chapter