In an article titled 'The Promise of Partnerships: Researchers Join Forces With Educators to Solve Problems of Practice' published as the feature article in The Learning Professional journal's June 2016 issue, authors Gail R. Meister and Cynthia L. Blitz explore the benefits of partnerships between educators and researchers and the potential these collaborations have to drive solutions to problems of practice.
The paper explores five types of research partnerships, listed below, and their use cases, outcomes, and evaluation:
Communities of practice
Study councils
Research alliances
Design research
Networked improvement communities
Other topics include how professional learning leaders can maximize the quality and quantity of learning for the practitioners in research-practice partnerships and closing words on how to make the most of professional learning in these collaborations.
June 2016
Journal: The Learning Professional (formerly JSD) | Volume 37, Issue 3
Use cases, outcomes, and evaluation of partnerships between educators and researchers are the focus of this article, which also shares how these collaborations can help solve problems of practice.
Citation
Meister, G. R., & Blitz, C. L. (2016). The Promise Of Partnerships: Researchers join forces with educators to solve educators to solve problems of practice. The Learning Professional, 37(3). https://learningforward.org/journal/june-2016-issue/the-promise-of-partnerships/