1、building research networks: where next?or how evidence can change your life?deirdre hughes cegs, university of derbyneil toyne - connexions lincolnshire and rutlandputting research into practice conference 2007evidencelevidence based practicelthe case of taryn leelsingle study vs. body of evidencelw

2、hat constitutes evidence ? good evidence is hard to come byresearch design problemsl defining guidancel defining outcomesl isolating the effects of guidancel long term effectsl bias in evaluation published literature problems l lack of uk researchl inaccessible academic language/publicationsl work n

3、ot publishedl use of consultantspurpose of researchl to complement quality assurance l to improve practice 1-1 or in groups at institutional level at a service levell to improve training l to inform & influence policymakersl to inspire and motivatefrom this policy practiceto this policy theory r

4、esearch practice researching what ?lclient groupsneeds, expectations, characteristics, problemsllabour & education marketsopportunities, barriers, structures, changesltechniquesscreening, assessment, counselling approaches etclcontextseffect of institutional settingstypes of researchl qualitativ

5、e vs. quantitativel researching careers vs. researching career guidance: l evaluativewhat works ? how well does it work ?l problem solvingaction research research by doingand back in the real worldl effective guidance operates not through superhuman individual knowledge, but through knowledge networ

6、ksl research is the samel practitioners cannot afford the time to operate like full time professional researchersl however we can be smarter in how we link research & practice by networking and sharing information in appropriate formatsfrom a practitioners viewpointl why get involved? l isolatio

7、n need for bigger picturel the economic case for career guidance what can be donegenerate new evidencel individual practitioners can conduct modest scale research: evaluate own practice use action research to solve problemsl organisations can make evaluation part of the culture of guidancel evidence

8、 can be made accessible to the profession through publications, national library resource for guidance (nlrg) and/ or national guidance research forum (ngrf) websiteuse existing evidencel use summaries of research evidence to inform practice decisions l evidence can be used by the profession to infl

9、uence stakeholders: national, regional and local government; educational and employment institutions; service usersl in service training can become more evidence-based final thought without an understanding of the impact of career guidance interventions, we cannot hope to improve themwithout researc

10、h, we cannot hope to get such an understanding. without evidence of the effectiveness of career guidance, we cannot hope to convince others to fund and support our serviceswithout research, we cannot hope to get such evidence. therefore research is central to the future of career guidance. icg: deve

11、loping a research culture in careers worklexamining research findings from within and outside the uklextending the work of the institutes research committee to form a new icg practitioners research forumlexploring collaborative links with other professional associations e.g. agcas & iaevgicg pra

12、ctitioners research foruml launch of the new foruml a platform to. share ideas for research development through email and/ or weblog discussion groups via the ngrf website face-to-face meetings that can be either linked to the icg regional meetings and/ or thematic groups formed to discuss research

13、to underpin practical approaches to careers workparticipate in at least one major research event or activity each year highlighting good and interesting practice and linking to the work of other careers professional associations.feed information & ideas into the icg research committee for review

14、 and discussion, as and when appropriate, icg council will receive regular updates and proposals from membersicg practitioners foruml visit: l /collaborate/guidance/l for research, practice and theory information visit:http:/www.derby.ac.uk/nlrgl on- line uk research p

15、roject: the state of practice in measuring careers / connexions service impact (early december 2006 july 2007)l visit: http:/www.derby.ac.uk/cegs/questionnaire2/ to learn more aboutl the service outcomes actually gathered and reported by front-line practitionersl the service outcomes gathered and reported at the office an