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Der er branding i praksisbegrebet - nu også praksisorienteret forskning

Der er forskellige udgaver af begrebet praksisforskning, praksisbaseret forskning osv.

Nyeste skud på stammen er "Praksisorienteret forskning"  Tilhængerne af praksisorienteret forskning arbejder

ud fra en antagelse om, at der er grundlæggende forskel på praksisorienteret forskning og teoriorienteret forskning. 

Diskussionen foregår specielt i Holland. 

Se tre bidrag her: 

Bleijenbergh, I., et al. (2011).

"Methodological criteria for the internal validity and utility of practice oriented research."

International Journal of Methodology 45(1): 145-156 

For conducting practice oriented research different research strategies are available. In this paper a typology is developed for differentiating between practice oriented research strategies that are data based and participatory research strategies. The former category involves quantitative and qualitative data based research strategies. The latter category, participatory research strategies, includes knowledge based research and practice based research. At present, methodological criteria for assessing the quality of practice oriented research heavily rely on those developed for theory oriented research, in particular internal and external validity and reliability. However, we argue that for assessing the results of practice oriented research other criteria are necessary. In this paper, methodological criteria are formulated for evaluating the internal validity and practical utility of practice oriented research with the help of a Delphi study using research methodologists as experts. They agree upon the criteria of verifiability, comprehensibility and acceptance of the results, as well as holism. Moreover, different categories of participatory and data based research strategies are compared to these criteria. Practice based research and qualitative data based research are best equipped to fulfill these criteria. These findings may enable researchers to make a more deliberate choice for a specific research strategy in practice oriented research. For conducting practice oriented research different research strategies are available. In this paper a typology is developed for differentiating between...

Verschuren, P. J. M. (2009).

Why a methodology for practice-oriented research is a necessary heresy.

Nijmegen, Radboud University Nijmegen.

In the last few decades, practice-oriented research has become important in society, as well as in the social, policy, and management sciences. However, having been developed to a large extent during the second half of the last century, existing research methodology bears the marks of science in an ivory tower, focusing on knowledge for knowledge's sake. This book argues that this shift in the context of discovery needs a follow-up in the context of justification. What's more, the book explains the need to develop a methodology for the contexts of discovery and implementation, and for addressing ethical validity in designing and evaluating practice-oriented research. Contrary to conventional wisdom, a focus on practice-oriented research can be reconciled with the task of building theories in science.

Dul, J. and T. Hak (2008).

Case study methodology in business Research.

Oxford, Butterworth-Heinemann.

Bogen henvender sig til erhvervsforskere, men  kan let forstås uden kendskab til erhvervsforskning. Bogen har en frigørende skelnen mellem teoretisk orienteret forskning og praksisorienteret forskning. Praksisorienteret forskning har til formål, at bidrage med empirisk baseret viden til brug i en konkret kontekst. Kvalitetskravet til denne forskning er, at den skal gøre en positiv forskel i den konkrete kontekst. Det får konsekvens fra starten af en undersøgelse, der stilles f.eks. ikke krav om resultaterne skal kunne generaliseres ud over den konkrete kontekst. Det er ikke relevant om en praksisorienteret forskning bidrager til den almindelige teoriudvikling i Akademia.  Der skal fra starten af en undersøgelse vælges den ene eller anden orientering.