I am Not Planning on a Career in Academia : Why Should I Care About Understanding and Evaluating Research? / Peter Stokes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stokes, Peter, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Research.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2025.

Summary:

This guide considers the question of the value of academic approaches, thinking, and outputs to practice and professional/wider organizational contexts. In essence, it considers the long-standing theory-practice dialectic and tension and provides some insights into why there may be value in seeking a close fusion between these two spheres. The discussion considers how such tensions may have arisen and in what ways academia, and academic thinking, can be of value to practice. It indicates that the frameworks that academia employs to approach and tackle problems can be valuable for practical situations. In essence academic models can assist in shaping and sharpening practitioner thought rather than risking reliance on flawed or unchallenged assumptions, bias, or outmoded knowledge. In addition, reflecting on practitioner everyday settings, it is always possible to model and conceptualize the most everyday events in order to distil and generate new knowledge "products." Furthermore, using academic literature and the processes for analyzing materials can be very helpful for informing practical contexts. Furthermore, building and maintaining a close relationship with academics and academic institutions not only can inform and innovate your thinking with the latest ideas and understandings of a topic; it can also provide a hybrid academic-practitioner career.

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ISBN:

1-03-621744-2

9781036217440

OCLC:

1523170288