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Ethical Issues For Practitioner Researchers

Dr. Peter Kahn's presentation focuses on four online tutorials designed to enhance advanced research practices for professional doctorate students at the University of Liverpool. The tutorials cover assessing research impact, disseminating research, staying updated in the field, and utilizing library databases, emphasizing active engagement and critical thinking. The aim is to equip students with essential information skills to contribute original and impactful research.

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Ethical Issues For Practitioner Researchers

Dr. Peter Kahn's presentation focuses on four online tutorials designed to enhance advanced research practices for professional doctorate students at the University of Liverpool. The tutorials cover assessing research impact, disseminating research, staying updated in the field, and utilizing library databases, emphasizing active engagement and critical thinking. The aim is to equip students with essential information skills to contribute original and impactful research.

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"Using Advanced Information Skills" by Dr. Peter Kahn (University of Liverpool).

🎓 Using Advanced Information Skills to Support Research


Presenter: Dr. Peter Kahn
Audience: Professional Doctorate Students
Institution: University of Liverpool
Video Focus: Introducing and critically engaging with four online tutorials to support advanced
research practices.

🌟 Core Objectives of Doctoral Research

 Make an original contribution to knowledge and/or practice.


 Demonstrate impact: Show how your research influences others.
o Are others citing it?
o Are people using or applying it?

🧠 These tutorials help you use information skills to evidence originality and impact.

🧩 The 4 Online Tutorials (Overview + Practical Application)


1. 📈 Assessing Research Impact

 Purpose: Evaluate how much difference a piece of research has made.


 Tools & Techniques:
o Citation statistics
o Journal impact factors
o Author publication metrics
 Suggested Use:
o Investigate a respected researcher’s impact (citations, journals, influence).
o Examine your own research’s citations (if applicable).
o Strategize on how to increase your research’s impact (e.g., wider dissemination,
co-authorship).

2. 📢 Disseminating Your Research


 Principle: Dissemination should be integrated early in the research process—not just at
the end.
 Practical Strategies:
o Plan dissemination alongside research design.
o Use collaboration to organically spread ideas.
o Talk about your research throughout the process—even informally.
o Avoid “hoarding” your work until the final publication stage.
 Example:
o Dr. Kahn linked this to editing a book on educational development—similar
principles apply to research dissemination.

3. 🔄 Keeping Up to Date

 Why It Matters:
o Educational fields evolve due to external trends (e.g., UK tuition fee reforms).
o Staying current helps you define what’s original, what’s needed, and what’s
relevant.
 Action Points:
o Use journal alerts and research bulletins.
o Track topical debates in your field.
o Collaboratively share recent literature with peers to build collective awareness.

4. 📚 Using Library Databases

 Goal: Conduct deep, targeted, and comprehensive literature searches.


 Key Resources:
o Web of Knowledge
o Scopus
o University library tools
 Use Cases:
o Follow up on citations (forward and backward).
o Explore a theorist’s full body of work.
 Example:
o Dr. Kahn tracked publications by sociologist Margaret Archer using formal
databases (vs just Google Scholar).

🧩 Learning Approach: Active & Critical


 Don’t treat the tutorials as passive learning materials.
 Engage with them actively and critically:
o Reflect: What actions can I take?
o Extend: What ideas connect with what I already know?
o Question: What more could I add or explore?
 Aim to build your own personalized toolkit for research information skills.

✅ Final Reminders & Takeaways


 These tutorials are not finished products—they are starting points.
 Use them to stimulate critical thought and ongoing development.
 Skills like searching, evaluating, sharing, and citing information are crucial to making an
original and impactful contribution.

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