Sometimes research may be valuable because it connects closely with current practice and resonates with what you feel to be important. It might prompt you to refine what you’re doing or give you the confidence you need to continue something.
Sometimes research might help you think differently about your practice. What initially might seem irrelevant might help you to consider new ways of approaching something.
Questions
· Does this research speak to questions that interest and matter to you and the children and families you work with?
· If an approach is recommended, do you think it would ‘work’ with your children? If not, why not?
· Does the research confirm or challenge what you think and/or know from experience?
· What questions does it raise for you?