The “complex reality” of research capacity development in mathematics education in Southern African development community countries

Julie, Cyril; Mikalsen, Øyvind; Persens, Jan

doi:10.1016/j.ijedudev.2004.11.020

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“…In the current project, it appeared that the benefits to the LMIC partners outweighed the limitations. Team members described their increased confidence in qualitative and participatory research methodologies, with many members taking on teaching and mentoring roles in their own institutions by the end of the project, a clear indicator of the sustainability of the research capacity that has developed (Julie, Mikalsen, & Persens, 2005).…”

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Qualitative Research in an International Research Program: Maintaining Momentum while Building Capacity in Nurses

Mill

Davison

Richter

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International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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Nurses are knowledgeable about issues that affect quality and equity of care and are well qualified to inform policy, yet their expertise is seldom acknowledged and their input infrequently invited. In 2007, a large multidisciplinary team of researchers and decisionmakers from Canada and five low-and middle-income countries (Barbados, Jamaica, Uganda, Kenya, and South Africa) received funding to implement a participatory action research (PAR) program entitled "Strengthening Nurses' Capacity for HIV Policy Development in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean." The goal of the research program was to explore and promote nurses' involvement in HIV policy development and to improve nursing practice in countries with a high HIV disease burden. A core element of the PAR program was the enhancement of the research capacity, and particularly qualitative capacity, of nurses through the use of mentorship, role-modeling, and the enhancement of institutional support. In this article we: (a) describe the PAR program and research team; (b) situate the research program by discussing attitudes to qualitative research in the study countries; (c) highlight the incremental formal and informal qualitative research capacity building initiatives undertaken as part of this PAR program; (d) describe the approaches used to maintain rigor while implementing a complex research program; and (e) identify strategies to ensure that capacity building was locally-owned. We conclude with a discussion of challenges and opportunities and provide an informal analysis of the research capacity that was developed within our international team using a PAR approach.

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Qualitative Research in an International Research Program: Maintaining Momentum while Building Capacity in Nurses

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Davison

Richter

et al. 2014

International Journal of Qualitative Methods

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“…Amongst those who graduated from the project was the first female academic in Mozambique to obtain a doctoral degree in Mathematics Education. A reflection on the modalities and the issues confronted in this project are reported in Julie, Mikalsen and Persens (2005).…”

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Impact of Visionary Leadership on the Growth and Development of the School of Science and Mathematics Education

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From Hope to Action Through Knowledge: The Renaissance of the University of the Western Cape, 2001-2014

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The “complex reality” of research capacity development in mathematics education in Southern African development community countries

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Qualitative Research in an International Research Program: Maintaining Momentum while Building Capacity in Nurses

Qualitative Research in an International Research Program: Maintaining Momentum while Building Capacity in Nurses

Impact of Visionary Leadership on the Growth and Development of the School of Science and Mathematics Education

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