Engaging in Practitioner Research

Our teacher, Mr. Crane, and our lawyer, Ms. Drake, seemed to decide rather easily and quickly how to get started in their research efforts, readily determining a focus and plan of action. But they were fictitious, of course, and most professionals approach this task with a good deal more reticence. Most have little or no experience in research of this kind and cannot fall back on past experience or on observing others going through the process. Perhaps the best advice at this stage is to just try something to get into the pattern and build experience through practice, even if the focus and the plan do not seem vital to one's work.

Choosing Study Questions

As mentioned previously, an important element in initiating ...

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