Challenges of Professionalization: Bridging Research and Practice through a Body of Knowledge for IT Specialists
نویسندگان
چکیده
This paper suggests that the interpretation and development of IT occupations as knowledge work might provide a more realistic avenue to proceed towards more professional practice in the IT field rather than the ambition of trying to establish them as true professions. The idea of knowledge work leads us to focus on the body of knowledge possessed by it specialists, which is the hallmark of all professions. The on-going debate about the practical relevance of IT research suggests that there is a significant gap between research and practice in the IT field. The paper discusses how the gap could be bridged by making IT research more sensitive to practice.
منابع مشابه
Bridging the Gap Between Research and Policy and Practice; Comment on “CIHR Health System Impact Fellows: Reflections on ‘Driving Change’ Within the Health System”
Far too often, there is a gap between research and policy and practice. Too much research is undertaken with little relevance to real life problems or its reported in ways that are obscure and impenetrable. At the same time, many policies are developed and implemented but are untouched by, or even contrary to evidence. An accompanying paper describes an innovative progr...
متن کاملتجارب حرفهای شدن پرستاران در آغاز ورود به مرحله بالینی پرستاری در ایران
Background & Aim: Nursing professionalization is a developmental experience that evolves throughout professional nurses’ careers. Nursing systems that prepare nurses include experiences that are important in the early development of nursing identity. This phenomenenon is also foundational to the assumption of various nursing roles. Methods & Materials: A phenomenological approach was used in or...
متن کاملنظریه پردازی بر فرآیند انتقال دانش نظری به حوزه عمل در پرستاری: رویکرد گراندد تئوری
Introduction & Objective: Knowledge transfer and in fact, the bridging of theory and practice is one of the main concerns of all academic disciplines. Getting prominent professional status is the thing that can be achieved by knowledge-based function, and of which would be called as successful discipline that it be able to transfer its theoretical paradigmatic claims into practice. Accordingly,...
متن کاملThe exploration of challenges in clinical knowledge management in nurses: a qualitative study
Background and Purpose: Clinical knowledge management (CKM) is considered as a dominant approach for information management and expansion of knowledge in clinical settings. Health care executives have recently begun to focus on CKM. Therefore, identification of challenges against proper CKM planning is of paramount importance. The aim of this study was to explore challenges in clinical knowl...
متن کاملAssessment of knowledge and quality of practice of proper foot care in Iranian patients with type 2 diabetes
Background: Uncontrolled diabetes can lead to a high rate of complications. Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU), leading to significant morbidity. However, DFU can be prevented and managed through education of patient foot care. Objectives: The current study aimed to evaluate the knowledge and practice routines of patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) regarding foot care. Methods: A questionnaire was de...
متن کامل