Transcending the relevance gap: The accelerated practitioner research approach
Wall, Tony
Wall, Tony
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Within Academe, business and community engagement professionals still report the
challenges of working with practitioners outside of Academe. Mintzberg referred to this
as a consequence of ‘the relevance gap’ between the knowledge (and practices) produced
within universities, and that which is understood and appreciated outside of them. This
still seems to be the case globally, certainly within business disciplines (and is no doubt
wider in social science research). However, pockets of excellence which actively facilitate
pragmatic research have emerged, which go beyond ‘applied’ research approaches,
locating the site of knowledge produce within individual practice settings. Even more
scarce, is the pedagogic research of practices which facilitate this type of research. This
paper specifically focuses on the pedagogic research of facilitating pragmatic research
with individuals, drawing on ongoing grounded, action research. It reports the resulting
model that has come to be known as APRA (the Accelerated Practitioner Research
Approach), and the empirical results of using it so far.
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The Macrotheme Review, 2013, 2(1)
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Macrotheme Capital Management
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The Macrotheme Review
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