TY - JOUR
T1 - Networking practitioner research
T2 - synthesising the state of the ‘art’
AU - Lunt, Neil
AU - Ramian, K
AU - Shaw, Ian Frank
AU - Mitchell, F
AU - Fouche, Christa
PY - 2012/5
Y1 - 2012/5
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1080/13691457.2010.513964
DO - 10.1080/13691457.2010.513964
M3 - Article
SN - 1369-1457
VL - 15
SP - 185
EP - 203
JO - European Journal of Social Work
JF - European Journal of Social Work
IS - 2
ER -