Mark Fox & Peter Martin 
Doing Practitioner Research [EPUB ebook] 

Doing Practitioner Research focuses on helping practitioners conduct research in their own organisations, and attention is given to the best methods for doing this effectively and sensitively. The authors also attend to the theoretical, political and organisational context of doing research, as well as addressing the ethical and practical issues of undertaking research. The authors cover in detail the range of skills and techniques necessary to make a successful start to the process of becoming an effective practitioner researcher.

This is an ideal text for growing number of practitioners working in health, education and social care who are undertaking research. Fox et al have provided the perfect introduction to why practitioners are in the unique position to conduct research that actually improves professional practice.

This book will be essential reading for those professionals/practitioners engaged in research in their own organisation or undertaking a post-graduate qualification in Health, Social Care, or Education.

Inhoudsopgave

Framing Research

Thinking Critically about Theory and Practice

Using Research as a Process for Development

Evaluating Your Own Organization

Researching Your Own Practice

Undertaking Ethical Research

Undertaking Research

Service User Involvement

Writing the Research Report

Research Utilization

Maximizing the Impact of Research on Practice

Developing the Practitioner Researcher

Over de auteur

I am a Medical Sociologist and have been researching social aspects of long-term illness since the early 1990s conducting research with people living with a range of long term conditions. My most recent book ′The End of Stigma? Changes in the Social Experience of Long-Term Illness′ was published by Routledge in 2009.I am Director of the National Institute of Health Research Research Design Service for the East of England.