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RESEARCH & PRACTICE TALKING SEMINAR Silversprings Hotel Cork Foroige , 1 st Oct 2014 -------------------------------------- Dr Sue Redmond and Dr John Canavan UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway Purpose of the Event & Overview. Event Purpose.
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RESEARCH & PRACTICE TALKING SEMINAR Silversprings Hotel Cork Foroige , 1st Oct 2014 -------------------------------------- Dr Sue Redmond and Dr John Canavan UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway Purpose of the Event & Overview
Event Purpose • Present findings from research undertaken in relation to young people in Ireland and in Foróige services in recent years; • Provide a forum to present staff experiences of using BPU programmes; • Provide a forum for staff to share and network with colleagues, including findings of self-evaluation and new innovations and ideas; • Reflect on how the research findings are relevant to practice; • Generate ideas for future research and practice.
What is Research Used For? Levels of use of research • use at the conceptual level • changes at the level of understanding, knowledge and attitude • use at the instrumental (direct) level • changes in practice and policy making Huberman (1993)
What Constrains Research Use • the political nature of the policy-making process • limitations of social science knowledge • few centralised institutions for integrating knowledge and power • a communications gap between the researcher and policy communities Bogenschneider et al (2000, p 328)
Frameworks and Models • Research, development and diffusion models: • unproblematic connection between the knowledge production and knowledge use systems • Contextual models: • how groups construct meaning – contingent on individual or group interpretation • research is only useable knowledge when it is processed cognitively by the user • Sustained interactivity model: • nurturing linkage mechanisms and processes between researchers and practitioners • researchers are more attuned to practitioners’ needs and systems of communication, and practitioners can fully grasp the relevance and implications of research (Cousins and Simon, 1996)
