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ERIC Number: EJ971034
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Jan
Pages: 24
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0736-5829
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Evidence-Based Practice
Bouffard, Marcel; Reid, Greg
Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, v29 n1 p1-24 Jan 2012
The evidence-based practice (EBP) movement has been extremely influential over the last 20 years. Fields like medicine, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, nursing, psychology, and education have adopted the idea that policy makers and practitioners should use interventions that have demonstrated efficiency and effectiveness. This apparently straightforward idea is beginning to affect adapted physical activity; however, researchers and practitioners in our field often appear to be unaware of fundamental questions related to them. The major purpose of this paper is to outline and discuss 10 of these fundamental questions. This analysis leads us to conclude that EBP is a good direction to pursue in adapted physical activity if we develop a type of EBP congruent with the main tenets of our field. (Contains 14 endnotes.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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