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Partnerships: Shifting the Dynamics Between Research and Practice

In this brief essay, Vivian Tseng introduces the Foundation’s learning community of research-practice partnerships, writing, “Successful partnerships enable researchers to develop stronger knowledge of practitioners’ challenges, their contexts, and the opportunities and limitations for using research. And they allow practitioners to develop greater trust of the research and deeper investment in its production and use.”

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Vivian Tseng
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July 8, 2013

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