TY - CHAP AB - Abstract This chapter, drawing on my personal experience as the project manager for a large-scale survey – the European Survey on Language Competences – reflects on the aspects that influence my own research most strongly, namely the limitations of the methodology used in such surveys to produce data that can feed into policy formation and positively impact what goes on inside classrooms around the world. Future trends and directions for research in comparative education are then explored, where I suggest practical case studies focusing on comparative pedagogy within a policy learning approach as a possible way forward in providing a rich and robust supplementary source of evidence for policymakers. VL - 34 SN - 978-1-78743-765-4, 978-1-78743-766-1/1479-3679 DO - 10.1108/S1479-367920180000034007 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-367920180000034007 AU - Ashton Karen ED - Alexander W. Wiseman PY - 2018 Y1 - 2018/01/01 TI - Bridging the Policy/Practice Divide: A Focus on Policy Learning, Pedagogy, and Equality T2 - Annual Review of Comparative and International Education 2017 T3 - International Perspectives on Education and Society PB - Emerald Publishing Limited SP - 67 EP - 73 Y2 - 2021/03/05 ER -