SCHOLARSHIP AS COLLABORATIVE PUBLIC WORKCooperative Extension’s Unique Niche

Scott PetersCornell University

IN ORDER TO GET

These specific results

WE NOT ONLY CAN BUT SHOULD DOThese specific things

GIVEN WHAT IS

Realities and problems, unfulfilled ideals and aspirations

PRACTICAL THEORY BUILDING

WHAT HAPPENED, AND SO WHAT?

Measure; assess & evaluate; interpret

WHAT CAN AND WHAT SHOULD WE DO?

Prediction & control; public judgment

WHAT IS?

Problems, ideals, interests, opinions, behaviors, needs, etc.

THREE CATAGORIES OF SCHOLARSHIP

GOALS

CONCEPTUAL

FRAMEWORK

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

VALIDITYMETHODS

AN INTERACTIVE MODEL FOR DESIGNING SCHOLARSHIP