6/27/16
Post-Decision Research?
As an
educator and educated voter, I have been aghast at the information coming out
of England since the Brexit vote for the United Kingdom to leave the European
Union. It seems that many people voted BEFORE learning about the impact of
their actions. The Brexit topics were all trending on Google. A common theme before
the vote was that the populace was annoyed at the constant barrage of opinions
of experts who make decisions based on data and research. These experts kept
saying that the impact of the Brexit would be detrimental for world economic
stability, but the average bloke didn’t care. They wanted to make a statement. They
acted on emotion. Then, afterward, they suffered remorse and watched markets
and currency values tank
In our work,
how do we go about making decisions? How do these decisions govern our work?
Are we attune to the results of data analysis and prevailing research in
student success or best practices? Are we acting on emotions? Answering these
questions prior to making decisions and taking action necessitates
intentionality and prioritization. Otherwise, we might be scrambling to
understand what we did after the fact.
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