Engaged Research and Practice
Higher Education and the Pursuit of the Public Good
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- English
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Engaged Research and Practice
Higher Education and the Pursuit of the Public Good
About This Book
What practices can researchers use to gain a more nuanced understanding of educational issues in the community and be part of the solution to those issues?Engaged Research and Practice is about two prevailing and complementary ideas that have surfaced in the higher education arena: engaged research and higher education for the public good. Engaged research is scholarship that not only attempts to open up new knowledge, but it does so with a sense that the new knowledge, insight and directions have a direct relationship to needs and problems within our communities, institutions, and policy arenas. Engaged, actionable, or participatory research and scholarship attempts to tackle the identified issues of our communities and society. This handbook offers important insights and tangible examples of how higher education leaders may work directly with communities and in policy settings to understand the deeper meanings often lost in conversations about educational opportunity. Each chapter addresses the ways in which faculty, community and administrative leaders may connect research and practice through unique research projects. The authors offer clear explanations of "how" their engaged research was conducted to illustrate explicit pathways for practitioners. This book also includes short narratives where authors involved with this research reflect on their experiences and the lessons they have learned while immersed in community and policy related work.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Series Foreword
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Part One Introduction to Engaged Research and Practice
- Part Two Engaging the Community Level
- Part Three Engaging the Institutional Level
- Part Four Engaging Policy Discussions at the State and National Levels
- Part Five Concluding Thoughts on Engaged Research and Practice
- Contributors
- Index