Dialogue with Researchers is a research dissemination program The George Washington University Rehabilitation Research and Training Center has used during the past three years. This program offers researchers the opportunity to discuss their project with a small group of rehabilitation practitioners in an informal setting in the practitioners'…

The relationship of each of three selected predictors (1) self-reported confidence in knowledge of research competencies, (2) importance attached to them, and (3) attitude toward educational research to a non-traditional criterion measure showed no significant correlation. The psychometric characteristics of the non-traditional criterion involved…

As demand for new knowledge grows, universities are under increasing stress with increasing research limitations; unstable financial support, contracting for specific research rather than open-ended funding, and problems of staffing projects. Problems in developing and implementing research policy under these circumstances are discussed. (MSE)

This study examined how researchers use literature constituting literary scholarship by analyzing three creative writers and three literary movements. Results support contention that humanistic scholarship and methods by which its characteristics are studied are distinct from methods used for analysis of information transfer in social sciences.…

The question of whether educational research should be considered as a career or as an activity which those in education undertake is addressed. After considering criteria for a research career, the conclusion is that the forms of educational development are too varied to provide the basis for a research career. (KC)

French research in the social sciences and humanities may change, due to a restructuring of government policies. The 1981-82 National Symposium on Research and Technology led to recommendations for job security for researchers, democratization of research management, and increased flexibility of management procedures. (AM)

The research administrator's role is changing rapidly and becoming more demanding. Training will be restructured to promote professionalism, and administrators should spend some time considering their profession's nature and purposes. Four tasks are proposed: safeguarding staff's creative time, getting long-term resource commitments, fostering…

Examines the differences between researchers and practitioners in the field of educational television, assesses the value of current research to television producers, and concludes that cooperation between researcher and practitioner is necessary for effective communication with the audience. (JJD)

Proposes a model through which researcher/educators can identify critical issues which confront large numbers of persons in the society, find the facts from research relevant to the issues, integrate these findings, and, restate them in language appropriate to the persons affected. Presents innovative ways of disseminating this information.…

Three aspects of clinical research career decision-making were explored: the timing of the decision to enter a research career, the relationship between research success and the timing of the decision, and the impact of two disincentives to enter research careers. (Author/MLW)

A plea is made for increased field studies in education. Some of the problems are outlined: time and working hours, conflicting research paradigms, interpersonal relations in institutional settings, and financial and moral support. Examples are drawn from studies in South Australia. Solutions to the problem of reciprocal…

The antecedents of the methods and concerns of the Centre for Applied Research in Education (CARE) are found in the social observation tradition. A naturalistic method of research concentrates on the accurate reflection of events by an unobtrusive team. (JN)

It is not clear that the new Department of Education will assure more federal funding, high-level direction of research, scientific status of leadership, or detachment from partisan ideology. (CP)

Provides information on the immigration history, education, income, and occupation representation in the social sciences and cultural and language barriers of Asian American women educational researchers. Includes recommendations to facilitate their entry into the social sciences in general. (MJL)

Argues that educators and researchers should become more active in making the decisions that affect education, such as minimum competency testing. (FL)