Career educators from Canada and the US will share their experiences with measuring student learning and how this has led them to practitioner research. They will demystify practitioner research, differentiate it from other forms of evaluation, provide simple tips on how to get started and highlight how the skills we all have as practitioners transfer to the research world.
Learning Outcomes:
Identify at least three benefits of practitioner research
Describe practitioner research skills that align with career practitioner skills
Implement at least one action step toward a research project
Penny Freno (MA, HNCP) is a career educator with SFU Career & Volunteer Services. She is the principal investigator of the department's first practitioner-led research project and co-chairs the Canadian Association of Career Educators and Employers (CACEE) Evidence-Based Practice... Read More →
Director, Career & Volunteer Services, Simon Fraser University
Tony Botelho is the Director of SFU Career & Volunteer Services, an office that was recognized as one of the top three university career centres in Canada (2017). He is a past recipient of the Rob Shea Research Award and the Stu Conger Award for Leadership in Career Development... Read More →
