21st Century Research: Interdisciplinary Scholarship & The Third Sector | KMbeing

abernard102@gmail.com 2015-02-02

Summary:

" ... Community is not just community-based researchers or practitioners. Community is also about what is often called the third sector – the sphere of social activity undertaken by voluntary organizations and public citizens that are not-for-profit and non-governmental. By including the third sector in the interdisciplinary border crossings without boundaries is a more inclusive and extensive way of being a boundary-spanner. Being a boundary-spanner begins right at the beginning of any research career as graduate students embark on a future in research – as I wrote about in an earlier blog post. Graduate students have an excellent opportunity to initiate such connections by considering how their own research can have impact within the third sector, or even how they can become involved in the volunteer-sector while doing their own research. And many are already volunteering with recent statistics about volunteering in Canada showing 15-24 year olds representing the highest percentage of volunteers at 58%, and 35-44 year olds at a close second at 54%. The idea of being a boundary-spanner is also what lead me to develop the Myers Model of Knowledge Mobilization ..."

Link:

http://kmbeing.com/2015/01/31/21st-century-research-interdisciplinary-scholarship-the-third-sector/

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Date tagged:

02/02/2015, 12:29

Date published:

02/02/2015, 07:29