NAECR | Connecting Early Childhood Research: Research

Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Families and Schools Author

12/20/2018 Added

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NAECR works to bridge the gap between the early childhood research, practice and policy communities — facilitating research collaboration, promoting partnerships and disseminating research findings.

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[00:00:13.020]My research can be informed
[00:00:14.840]by the practice and policy makers and the community
[00:00:17.730]because that's the heart of my work.
[00:00:19.760]I'm an early childhood Extension specialist
[00:00:22.010]and an assistant professor
[00:00:23.520]in Child, Youth and Family Studies.
[00:00:25.360]And the mission of my work is to help enhance
[00:00:29.380]and improve the lives of children,
[00:00:32.330]improve their health and well-being.
[00:00:33.550]And so it's really important
[00:00:35.760]that I am that bridge for the university
[00:00:38.220]in terms of connecting my work
[00:00:39.800]and the work of the university with the community.
[00:00:42.370]The role of Extension is to serve
[00:00:44.890]as a vehicle and a bridge to connect our work
[00:00:47.130]here at the research with policy makers and practitioners,
[00:00:51.080]but to do it in a process where we're co-creating
[00:00:53.880]that work and that research,
[00:00:55.140]so we're not just coming out and saying,
[00:00:57.260]here's what we did at the university,
[00:00:59.050]and now we're going to give it to you,
[00:01:00.740]we want you to apply it.
[00:01:01.870]So it's bringing them on board at the beginning
[00:01:04.360]and making them a part of that co-creation and that process,
[00:01:07.460]and ensuring that the work we do is usable and relatable.
[00:01:11.120]Different people are in their own individual silos,
[00:01:15.050]but it's really important to take advantage
[00:01:16.830]of knowledge that we have in psychology
[00:01:18.630]and also information from people in education
[00:01:21.180]and bring those things together
[00:01:22.460]to create more informed research and more informed practice.
[00:01:25.800]Well, as a researcher, one of the biggest challenges
[00:01:28.800]is conducting field-based research.
[00:01:32.170]And so I think that one way
[00:01:33.930]that the policy community or the practice community
[00:01:36.740]can really help researchers is to be collaborative.
[00:01:40.260]And for researchers, not only we have questions
[00:01:42.690]we want to address, but the policy makers
[00:01:45.440]and the practitioners do as well,
[00:01:46.690]and if we can work together to devise a study
[00:01:50.380]or our research to address both of things simultaneously,
[00:01:53.830]I think that can be really beneficial towards
[00:01:55.970]helping both parties all throughout the research process.
[00:01:59.200]I believe we really need to take to heart as researchers
[00:02:04.310]that our research needs to include our participants.
[00:02:09.800]And see participants, the children and the family
[00:02:14.350]and the teachers that we're doing research on,
[00:02:16.870]that we think about doing it as research with them.
[00:02:20.490]And that by doing that, we have the opportunity
[00:02:24.410]to make better connections as well, as researchers.

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