Hi Don,
Action research in education practice.
Cheers,
Adam
On 10 January 2012 18:01, Don Norman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Glenn asks:
>
> On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 5:32 PM, Glenn Johnson
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > The fact that the Apple story is extremely opaque ... speaks volumes
> about the growing gap between the design profession and research.
> >
> > There are many side stories connected to this lack of insight. For
> example;
> >
> > - are any other areas of post grad research as similarly disconnected?
> >
> > How can one study a closed 'guild' as it were?
>
>
> This is NOT a closed guild. This is the standard research-product gap.
> This is NOT a gap between the research profession and research. It is
> a gap between academicians and researchers and product delivery in
> EVery field: computer science, mechanical engineering, ... This
> mailing list is primarily made up of academics and researchers --
> hence the gap between what many on this list know and understand and
> how product people do their jobs.
>
> Academics and researchers try to examine fundamental issues. They
> produce lots of research and theory that is then read by other
> researchers and students. In turn, this leads to more research and
> more theory.
>
> Practitioners ignore all that. Practitioners practice: they have to
> deliver products with tight deadlines. They do not read the journals
> nor do they attend scientific conferences. When a research conference
> claims it contains both academics and industry people, they don't: the
> industry people usually come from the research side of industry.
> People in the product side have no time.
>
> this is true in ALL fields. When I am not in design, I am in computer
> science. Same thing here. As a product person, my conferences are CES
> and DEMO. My computer science friends have never heard of Demo and
> although they have heard of CES, they never go. (see
> http://www.demo.com)
>
> I've written about this:
>
> The Research-Practice Gap
> http://jnd.org/dn.mss/the_research-practice_gap_1.html
>
> also see
>
> http://jnd.org/dn.mss/talk_research_practice_gap_2_kinds_of_innovation_1.html
>
> don
>
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