Abstract
The Journal of Youth Development’s subtitle is “Bridging Research and Practice,” yet too often our publications reflect a one-way bridge— studies that, at best, have implications for practice. Less represented are practitioner inquiries that rely on practitioner experience and expertise. This special issue aims to bridge the research-practice divide with scholarship produced by youth work practitioners. This article provides a rationale for practitioner inquiry, describes a fellowship effort to support it, and then offers an overview of the ten practitioner inquiries featured in this special issue.
Recommended Citation
Walz, Lindsay and Tompkins, Hayley
(2017)
"Practitioner Inquiry Matters:
Questions by and for Youth Workers,"
Journal of Youth Development: Vol. 12:
Iss.
1, Article 13.
DOI: 10.5195/jyd.2017.501
Available at:
https://open.clemson.edu/jyd/vol12/iss1/13
