The Challenge of Practice Based Research:

Sidell, Nancy L.; Adams, Peggy; Barnhart, Leslie L.; Bowman, Nancy J.; Fitzpatrick, Vanessa D.; Fulk, Melissa L.; Hallock, Lisa M.; Metoff, Julie M.

doi:10.1300/j010v23n02_06

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“…These include demands on time, workload pressures, and difficulties in arranging cover when dedicated time for data collection, analysis and writing up is required. Work that predates the conclusions from our own initiatives also suggests that social workers may also need assistance to hone research knowledge and skills and foster the self-belief essential to seeing a research project to completion (Fuller & Petch, 1995;Sidell et al, 1996;Cooke et al, 2002;Fook, 2003).…”

Section: Nature and Challenges Of Practitioner Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Networking practitioner research: synthesising the state of the ‘art’

Lunt¹,

Ramian²,

Shaw

et al. 2012

European Journal of Social Work

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The aim of this paper is to examine what we know about the experience and outcomes of networked initiatives aimed at facilitating practitioner research. We outline the roles and significance of practitioner research within social work; review emerging understanding of practitioner research network initiatives; and draw conclusions from a comparative analysis of three such initiatives in Auckland, New Zealand, Arhus County, Denmark, and across Scotland. We consider the nature and challenges of practitioner research and a number of responses to how such work should be formulated and conducted. Central to our argument is an empirically informed consideration*from our separate and shared experiences*of how well networks enhance the process and consequences, and art and craft, of such research projects.Artiklens formål er at undersøge, den akutelle viden om erfaringer og resultater med netvaerkinitiativer, der har til hensigt at fremme praksisbaseret forskning. Vi skitserer den praksisbaserede forsknings roller og dens betydning i det sociale arbejde, vi gennemgår udviklingen af netvaerk som basis for praksisbaseret forskning og drager konklusioner fra en sammenlignende analyse af tre eksempler fra Auckland i New

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Section: Nature and Challenges Of Practitioner Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Networking practitioner research: synthesising the state of the ‘art’

Lunt¹,

Ramian²,

Shaw

et al. 2012

European Journal of Social Work

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“…The authors took up the challenge that was presented and undertook development work in this regard. The dilemmas of practice-based research partnerships and the challenges of group supervision are discussed in the literature, with potential barriers to successful collaboration well documented, whereas few effective research partnership models have been reported (Allen-Meares, Hudgins, Engberg & Lessnau, 2005;Joubert, 2006;Sidell et al, 1996). Initial discussions between academics in two schools of social work led to an 18-month collaborative, consortium-funded project of academicpractitioner partnership with the aim to strengthen research mindedness, enhance research activity, develop capability in knowledge production, and strengthen university-agency networks.…”

Section: Conceptualizing a Group Approach To Practice-based Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…But the diversity also posed challenges in terms of managing strengths, perspectives, and deficits. Sidell et al (1996) warned that different viewpoints are often a contributor to the failure of collaborative models. The challenge was to find the balance between allowing adequate individual gain, while keeping a focus on shared benefits.…”

Section: Perceived Challengesmentioning

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Using Groups to Advance Social Work Practice-Based Research

Fouché

Lunt

2009

WSWG

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A discussion about the importance of research for social work practitioners and the nature of academic-practitioner partnerships set the scene in this article for a discussion about an innovative academic-practitioner partnership. This partnership, aimed at strengthening research mindedness and research activity in social service settings, has been fuelled by a belief in the power of groups to achieve what individuals cannot. The authors reflect on the range of inputs and synergistic group processes that allowed for a series of outcomes that would not have been possible within an individualized initiative. In conclusion, lessons learned from the use of groups to advance practice-based research are outlined.

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“…The barriers that are most often suggested are around the lack of time and resources on the one hand, and managerial ambivalence/organisational resistance on the other. Time and lack of research expertise (Sidell et al 1996;Fook 2003) and permanently expanding caseloads (Shaw 2005) are often quoted as the reasons why practitioners may put research demands aside for more short-term work demands. Barratt (2003, 143) reports that many social care agencies fail to offer tangible assistance to staff to access and use research in their day-to-day work.…”

Section: Growing Research In Practicementioning

confidence: 99%

Action research for developing social workers' research capacity

Lunt

Fouché

2009

Educational Action Research

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We reflect on the action research process implemented in assisting the development of a culture of practitioner enquiry amongst social workers in social services agencies, and highlight the overall outcomes of the intervention. The paper outlines the rationale and process for undertaking an action research process with social services professionals in an attempt to stimulate practitioner research. It discusses the project experiences in two separate sections, particularly highlighting the ripple effects of the initiative, and the development of 'networked mentoring' within the learning nest of the project. Background to the action research programmeThis article outlines an action research programme for mentoring research capacity amongst social work practitioners. It involved the recruitment of eight small teams of potential practitioner-researchers who were supported through the provision of workshops, academic mentors, peer mentoring, and a range of written resources and supports. We developed both resources and processes as the programme unfolded, responding to feedback and listening to criticism. The key learning that arose from the programme was that a range of diverse impacts, both direct and indirect, may result from such a practitioner research initiative. Second, we identify how in the process of implementing the initiative there was the emergence of a range of mentoring relationships.The paper is organised into four sections.

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The Challenge of Practice Based Research:

Cited by 11 publications

References 13 publications

Networking practitioner research: synthesising the state of the ‘art’

Networking practitioner research: synthesising the state of the ‘art’

Using Groups to Advance Social Work Practice-Based Research

Action research for developing social workers' research capacity

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