'Research costs time and money and cannot be justified unless it informs policy and practice'.
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Have a little read: ... 'Research costs time and money and cannot be justified unless it informs policy and practice'. Critically discuss, illustrating your answer with material you have studied in Units 19-21. There are two different types of research - research that makes a theoretical contribution such as testing hypothesis, or answering research questions and research, which makes a practical contribution by assessing policy or practice. However there is no clear distinction between the two, as Aldgate in audio band 1 defines research as the "testing out of ideas" and the "questioning of assumptions that are made by policy makers and practitioners, (1:59), which places the definition of research in both categories. Other research, which falls into both categories, is Takei's (2001), which made a theoretical contribution to our understanding of deaf infants' babbling, and although did not inform policy or practice immediately it may well do so in the future. This essay aims to
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