Practitioner research refers to research and/or workplace research such as evaluation performed by individuals who also work in a professional field as opposed to being full-time academic researchers.
Practitioner research developed as a recognized type of research in the last quarter of the 20th century.
In this context, 'practitioner' means someone who delivers public services, such as a nurse, teacher, advice worker, probation officer, counselor or social worker.
[1] Practitioner research developed in disciplinary silos,[2][3][4] but by the 2000s it had been recognized that all disciplines could approach practitioner research in broadly the same way.
[5] For a practitioner, doing research alongside practice can assist with one or more of the following: It is also held to improve the quality of the practitioner-researcher's practice.