Define and discuss the practitioner-scientist model.
What will be an ideal response?
Several researchers have offered helpful viewpoints in understanding and potentially implementing the practitioner-scientist model. Hoshmand and Polkinghorne (1992) stated that “. . . the test for knowledge is whether it serves to guide human action to attain goals . . . the test is pragmatic”. As Gelso (2006) suggested, training in the scientist-practitioner model need not be rigidly implemented, with equal emphasis on research and practice. In addition, Heppner, et al. (1992) suggested that there can be much different configuration than a simple 50/50 split of time between practice and research—80 percent focus on practice and 20 percent on research, for instance. The issue, as I see it, for practitioners in counseling and education is to find the pragmatic and realistic proportion of emphasis on practice and research. Related to the issue of emphasis is a further clarification and definition of what it means to operate from a practitioner-scientist model, and this will need to come from practitioners who realistically use and conduct research in their practices.
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