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What is Practitioner Research

Chapter 63
Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Third Edition
Systematic inquiry-based efforts directed towards creating and extending professional knowledge and associated understandings of professional practice.
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Research Conducted by Professional Information Systems Practitioners in Organisations in South Africa
Udo Richard Averweg (eThekwini Municipality, South Africa & University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa)
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 8
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5888-2.ch063
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Navigating the Doctoral Labyrinth: Reflexivity as Transformative Catalyst for Practitioner Doctorate Persistence and Completion
Practitioner research is similar to other kinds of research in that it is designed to produce new knowledge, but it typically occurs in a professional/practice context where practice is expected to be ‘evidence-based,’ and the research itself is embedded within a professional practice in the ways purely academic research is not. Practitioner research is fundamentally insider research from within practice and typically a practice-based inquiry expected to produce an original contribution to knowledge as well as practice.
Published in Chapter: Navigating the Doctoral Labyrinth: Reflexivity as Transformative Catalyst for Practitioner Doctorate Persistence and Completion; From: Practice-Based and Practice-Led Research for Dissertation Development
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Going Deep, Wide, and Long: The Professional Endurance of Teacher Researchers
An umbrella term for the process whereby professionals engage in systematic inquiry for the sake of improving their practice.
Published in Chapter: Going Deep, Wide, and Long: The Professional Endurance of Teacher Researchers; From: Handbook of Research on the Educator Continuum and Development of Teachers
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The Case for Qualitative Research Into Language Learning in Virtual Worlds
Research that is carried out by teachers when investigating their own practice and the context of their teaching.
Published in Chapter: The Case for Qualitative Research Into Language Learning in Virtual Worlds; From: New Technological Applications for Foreign and Second Language Learning and Teaching
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