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You Can't Get There from Here: Identifying Process Routes to Replication
Author(s) -
Primavera Judy
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1023/b:ajcp.0000027004.75119.f0
Subject(s) - process (computing) , general partnership , context (archaeology) , public relations , action (physics) , work (physics) , personality , psychology , sociology , computer science , social psychology , political science , engineering , law , mechanical engineering , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics , biology , operating system
All too often the reports of our community research and action are presented in an ahistorical and decontextualized fashion focused more on the content of what was done than on the process of how the work was done and why. The story of the university–community partnership and the family literacy intervention that was developed illustrates the importance of several key process variables in project development and implementation. More specifically, the role of the social–ecological context, prehistory, personality, self‐correction, and unexpected serendipitous events are discussed. If, as community psychologists, we are serious about conducting our work in the most efficient and effective manner possible, if we truly wish to make our work available for replication, and if we seek to develop standards of “best practice” that are meaningful, our communication regarding process must shift from the anecdotal to a position of central importance.